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The Bookbinder
by Pip Williams
Peggy and Maude are twin sisters working in a bindery in England during WWI. Peggy has always felt she has more to offer, reading and learning and yearning to go to the local college, although she dropped out of school to help take care of Maude. Peggy volunteers and meets Bastiian, a soldier tragically damaged by the war, both physically and mentally. Their relationship develops at the same time Peggy is given an opportunity to go to college. The horrors of war are depicted as many men are injured or killed, while the women have to pick up the pieces at home, hoping things wont go backwards once the war ends. I recommend this book, but it is difficult to read at points, and shows again how much loss is inherent in war. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.