Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Pip Williams The Bookbinder of Jericho
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'IN PIP WILLIAMS’ SECOND NOVEL, The Bookbinder of Jericho, 21-year-old Peggy Jones works alongside her twin sister Maude as a “bindery girl” in Oxford. It is 1914 and although the world around Peggy is changing, she remains stuck and frustrated. Maude has a form of aphasia and requires care, and Peggy is constantly told that books are not for “the likes of you, Miss Jones”. Despite her intelligence and hunger for knowledge, Peggy can only dream of being a scholar' (Introduction) 

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    y separately published work icon The Monthly April 2023 26189122 2023 periodical issue 2023 pg. 73
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