Dictionary of Lost Words

''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 forgott...