- Title:
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The Bookbinder of Jericho (MP3)
- Written by:
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Pip Williams
- Read by:
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Annabelle Tudor
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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13 hours 37 minutes
- MP3 size:
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591 MB
- Published:
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March 28 2023
- Available Date:
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March 28 2023
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781038622860
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Historical Fiction; Literary Fiction; War Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Price
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Bestselling author
Award winning author
Australian author
Longlisted ARA Historical Novel Prize 2023
Shortlisted Indie Book Awards / Fiction 2024
Shortlisted ABIA / General Fiction Book of the Year 2024
An evocative and subversive story about women and knowledge, from the author of the New York Times bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick, The Dictionary of Lost Words.
In 1914, when the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, it is the women who must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude, twin sisters who work in the bindery at Oxford University Press in Jericho. Peggy is intelligent, ambitious and dreams of going to Oxford University, but for most of her life she has been told her job is to bind the books, not read them. Maude, meanwhile, wants nothing more than what she has. She is extraordinary but vulnerable. Peggy needs to watch over her.
When refugees arrive from the devastated cities of Belgium, it sends ripples through the community and the sisters' lives. Peggy begins to see the possibility of another future where she can use her intellect and not just her hands, but as war and illness reshape her world, it is love, and the responsibility that comes with it, that threatens to hold her back.
‘Heart wrenching and bittersweet, The Bookbinder of Jericho is a lovingly woven story of hardship, longing and hope.'
Mirandi Riwoe, author of Stone Sky Gold Mountain
'Rich, deep and fascinating, it’s what all novels should be – a companion for life.’
Tegan Bennett Daylight, author of Safety and Bombora
'An extraordinary work of poetic grace and raw beauty that will enfold readers in its powerful and moving narrative.’
Karen Brooks, author of The Good Wife of Bath
‘I’ve longed to return to Williams’ distinctive blend of riveting historical detail and brilliant women. The Bookbinder of Jericho is everything I wanted and more.’
Toni Jordan, author of Addition