Book Club Kit : The dictionary of lost words (10 copies)
Record details
- ISBN: 1984820745 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9781984820747 (paperback)
- Physical Description: xiv, 388 pages : map ; 21 cm
- Edition: 2022 Ballantine Books Trade Paperback Edition.
- Publisher: New York: Ballantine, 2022
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes book club guide. Reese's Book Club -- cover. "Originally published in Australia by Affirm Press in 2020"--Title page verso. |
Search for related items by subject
Genre: | Bildungsromans. Biographical fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Bildungsromans. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at State Library of Alabama.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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APLS | BOOK CLUB 813.6 WIL 2022 | 31291002947222 | BOOK CLUB | Available | - |
Summary:
"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"--