Penguin Random House South Africa

Categories: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, International Fiction, Adult
ISBN: 9781529113228
Published: January 2022
Imprint: Vintage
Page Extent: 432
Format: Paperback
RRP 275.00

Dictionary of Lost Words

Pip Williams

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'An enchanting story about love, loss and the power of language' Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory

Sometimes you have to start with what's lost to truly find yourself...

Motherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood at her father's feet as he and his team gather words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary.

One day, she sees a slip of paper containing a forgotten word flutter to the floor unclaimed.

And so Esme begins to collect words for another dictionary in secret: The Dictionary of Lost Words. But to do so she must journey into a world on the cusp of change as the Great War looms and women fight for the vote. Can the power of lost words from the past finally help her make...

About the Author

Pip Williams

Pip Williams

Pip Williams was born in London, grew up in Sydney and now calls the Adelaide Hills home. She is the author of the international number one bestseller, The Dictionary of Lost Words was a New York Times bestseller, a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick and has been translated into over thirty languages. Pip’s second novel, The Bookbinder of Jericho, was published in 2023.

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