Book guide
The Dictionary of Lost Words
A curious girl secretly gathers the forgotten words of women as history shifts around her in Oxford.
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About The Dictionary of Lost Words
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?
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Balanced
Series
The Dictionary of Lost Words companion novels · Book 1 of 2
Content warnings
- death of parent
- grief
- war themes
- misogyny
- sexism
- pregnancy
- childbirth
- sexual content
