The Bookbinder by Pip Williams
aired the week of November 18, 2024
The Bookbinder by Pip Williams introduces Peggy Jones who along with her twin sister Maude work at the Oxford Bindery in Oxford, England. The Great War is taking men from work right and left. Peggy has a chance to move to a different position within the bindery but what she really wants is to study at Somerville College the women's college at Oxford. Instead she helps tend to the wounded soldiers that are billeted at the college. It is there that she meets Gwen a student at Somerville and Bastion a soldier recovering from wounds. They help Peggy dream of a different future. Recommended for fans of Kate Quinn, Beatriz Williams and Lauren Willig.