A shadowy book about the end of the world and the power of letters
Every week, The Thread checks in with booksellers around the country about their favorite books of the moment. This week, we spoke with Margaret Leonard of Dotters Books in Eau Claire, Wis.The unnamed narrator at the center of "Scribe" lives in a harsh world, ravaged by war and fever. People survive by bartering what they have, and what she has is pen and paper. In exchange for firewood or food, she writes letters for people. "The book starts with this man named Hendricks coming to her and asking her to write his confession of all of the terrible things he's done through his entire life,"…
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