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SUMMARY:Books & Banter Bookclub September: The Bookbinder by Pip Williams
DESCRIPTION:As always\, our book clubs are free and open to all\, and the book club pick is 10% off the regular price. You bring the conversation\, we’ll provide the treats! \n\n\n\nThis month we’re chatting about The Bookbinder by Pip Williams. A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge and love when World War I upends her life in this new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club pick The Dictionary of Lost Words.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIt is 1914\, and as the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight\, women must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude\, twin sisters who live on a narrow boat in Oxford and work in the bindery at the university press. Ambitious\, intelligent Peggy has been told for most of her life that her job is to bind the books\, not read them–but as she folds and gathers pages\, her mind wanders to the opposite side of Walton Street\, where the female students of Oxford’s Somerville College have a whole library at their fingertips.  \n\n\n\nMaude\, meanwhile\, wants nothing more than what she has: to spend her days folding the pages of books in the company of the other bindery girls. She is extraordinary but vulnerable\, and Peggy feels compelled to watch over her. Then refugees arrive from the war-torn cities of Belgium\, sending ripples through the Oxford community and the sisters’ lives. Peggy begins to see the possibility of another future where she can educate herself and use her intellect\, not just her hands. But as war and illness reshape her world\, her love for a Belgian soldier–and the responsibility that comes with it–threaten to hold her back.The Bookbinder is a story about knowledge–who creates it\, who can access it\, and what truths get lost in the process. Much as she did in the international bestseller The Dictionary of Lost Words\, Pip Williams thoughtfully explores another rarely seen slice of history through women’s eyes.
URL:https://mainstreetreads.com/event/living-large-bookclub-september-the-bookbinder-by-pip-williams/
LOCATION:Main Street Reads\, 115 S. Main St.\, Summerville\, SC\, 29483\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Club,Book Discussion
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