01826cam a2200385 i 4500 560342174 TxAuBib 20220610120000.0 220511s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022014938 9781984820747 1984820745 TxAuBib rda Williams, Pip, 1969- The dictionary of lost words : a novel / Pip Williams. Ballantine Books trade paperback edition. New York : Ballantine Books, 2022. xiv, 388 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Reese's book club Reese's book club Includes book club guide. "Before the lost word, there was another. It arrived at the Scriptorium in a second-hand envelope, the old address crossed out and Dr. Murray, Sunnyside, Oxford, written in its place. It was Da's job to open the post and mine to sit on his lap, like a queen on her throne, and help him ease each word out of its folded cradle. He'd tell me what pile to put it on and sometimes he'd pause, cover my hand with his, and guide my finger up and down and around the letters, sounding them into my ear. He'd say the word, and I would echo it, then he'd tell me what it meant"-- Provided by publisher. 20220610. Oxford English dictionary Fiction. Lexicographers Fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Novels. Williams, Pip, 1969-, South Melbourne, VIC : Affirm Press, 2020. Reese's book club. Reese's book club.