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The Dictionary of Lost Words - The International Bestseller (Hardcover)
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The Dictionary of Lost Words - The International Bestseller (Hardcover)
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'If you only read one book this year, let it be this one!' FIVE
STAR NETGALLEY READER REVIEW 'An extraordinary, charming novel...
Williams pins a whole, rich life to the page' The Times In 1901,
the word 'bondmaid' was discovered missing from the Oxford English
Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it. Motherless
and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood in the
Scriptorium, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of
lexicographers are gathering words for the very first Oxford
English Dictionary. Esme's place is beneath the sorting table,
unseen and unheard. One day, she sees a slip containing the word
'bondmaid' flutter to the floor unclaimed. Over time, Esme realises
that some words are considered more important than others, and that
words and meanings relating to women's experiences often go
unrecorded. She begins to collect words for another dictionary: The
Dictionary of Lost Words. **SHORTLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE
FOR HISTORICAL FICTION** PRAISE FOR THE DICTIONARY OF LOST WORDS
'Set at a time when women's voices were clamouring more than ever
to be heard, it moved me greatly to think how history is skewed by
those who hold power -- and how important it is that novels like
this redress that balance' Elizabeth Macneal, author or The Doll
Factory 'A brilliant book about women and words - tender, moving
and profound' Jacqueline Wilson 'I absolutely loved this book!
Thought-provoking, touching and subtly romantic; I finished it in
tears' Katie Fforde MORE FIVE STAR NETGALLEY READER REVIEWS 'If
you're a fan of The Binding and The Betrayals you will surely love
this' 'A glorious combination of words, growing up, friendship,
love, feminism and so much more' 'The best love letter to words and
language' 'This book broke my heart ... I highly recommend it to
any historical fiction fans ... it's one I will be reading again'
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