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The Binder of Lost Stories

A Novel

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The Binder of Lost Stories

By: Cristina Caboni, Patricia Hampton - translator
Narrated by: Karissa Vacker, Hillary Huber
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From international bestselling author Cristina Caboni comes an exquisite and engrossing novel of two women, centuries apart, bound by a love of books and a longing for self-discovery.

With her delicate touch, Sofia Bauer restores books to their original splendor. In this art she finds refuge from her crumbling marriage and the feeling that her once-vibrant life is slipping away. Then an antique German edition takes her breath away. Slipped covertly into the endpapers is an intriguing missive, the first part of a secret…from one bookbinder to another.

Two hundred years ago, Clarice von Harmel defied the constraints of family and society to engage in a profession forbidden to women. Within three separate volumes, Clarice bound her own hidden story filled with pain, longing, and love beyond all reason. A confession that now crosses centuries to touch the heart of a stranger.

With the help of book collector Tomaso Leoni, Sofia connects the threads of Clarice’s past, page by page, line by line, town by town. She’s determined to make Clarice’s voice heard. With each new revelation, Clarice is giving Sofia the courage to find her own voice and hope for the future she thought was lost.

©2017 Cristina Caboni (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Translation © 2020 by Cristina Caboni.
Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Women's Fiction
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Took awhile to ‘get into’ but enjoyed this modern/historical time-twist story. Characters were lively & well portrayed. Found the American accent in parts aggravating, but on the whole, the ‘Italian’ accents worked well. Worth a read.

Interesting story with a time twist

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