Proclaimed as truly spellbinding, a great fable that functions as transporting romance by the Guardian, the runaway #1 international bestseller "Arich, gothic entertainment that explores what books have trapped inside them and reminds us of the power of storytelling. Spellbinding. TRACY CHEVALIERImagine you could erase grief.Imagine you could remove pain.Imagine you could hide the darkest, most horrifying secret.Forever.Young Emmett Farmer is working in the fields when a strange letter arrives ...