{"product_id":"the-dictionary-of-lost-words-9798885789707","title":"The Dictionary of Lost Words","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK - \"Delightful . . . [a] captivating and slyly subversive fictional paean to the real women whose work on the \u003ci\u003eOxford English Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e went largely unheralded.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A marvelous fiction about the power of language to elevate or repress.\"--Geraldine Brooks, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003ePeople of the Book\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEsme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, an Oxford garden shed in which her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first \u003ci\u003eOxford English Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e. Young Esme's place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word \u003ci\u003ebondmaid\u003c\/i\u003e flutters beneath the table. She rescues the slip and, learning that the word means \"slave girl,\" begins to collect other words that have been discarded or neglected by the dictionary men. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As she grows up, Esme realizes that words and meanings relating to women's and common folks' experiences often go unrecorded. And so she begins in earnest to search out words for her own dictionary: the Dictionary of Lost Words. To do so she must leave the sheltered world of the university and venture out to meet the people whose words will fill those pages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set during the height of the women's suffrage movement and with the Great War looming, \u003ci\u003eThe Dictionary of Lost Words\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. Inspired by actual events, author Pip Williams has delved into the archives of the \u003ci\u003eOxford English Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e to tell this highly original story.\u003ci\u003e The Dictionary of Lost Words\u003c\/i\u003e is a delightful, lyrical, and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words and the power of language to shape the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11207599\"\u003ePip Williams\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage Comp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798885789707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC041000\"\u003eBiographical \u0026amp; Autofiction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePip Williams \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in London, grew up in Sydney, and now lives in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia with her family and an assortment of animals. She has spent most of her working life as a social researcher, studying what keeps us well and what helps us thrive, and she is the author of \u003ci\u003eOne Italian Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir of her family's travels in search of the good life, which was published in Australia to wide acclaim. Based on her original research in the Oxford English Dictionary archives, \u003ci\u003eThe Dictionary of Lost Words\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thorndike Press a Part of Gale a Cengage Comp","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44483792896237,"sku":"9798885789707","price":44.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_18d73af6-0c2e-45d3-9570-66236a8c6e79.jpg?v=1754405339","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-dictionary-of-lost-words-9798885789707","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}