'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 sense of her future? 'A
brilliant book about women and words - tender moving and profound' Jacqueline Wilson
Readers LOVE The Dictionary of Lost Words : 'If you only read one book this year let it be
this one!' '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' Dictionary of Lost Words
Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick May 2022
