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"A beautiful tale of love, grief, and the power of language" The Doll Factory author Elizabeth Macneal
To fully find yourself, sometimes you have to start with what has been lost.

Esme spends her early years at her father's feet as he and his team collect words for the first Oxford English Dictionary. Esme is motherless and insatiably curious.
One day, she notices a piece of paper with a lost phrase flutter to the ground.

As a result, Esme starts quietly gathering words for The Dictionary of Lost Words. But in order to do that, she must travel to a society that is undergoing transformation as the Great War looms and women fight for the right to vote. Can she finally understand her future with the help of some long-lost words from the past?

A wonderful book about language and women that is insightful, touching, and sensitive. Jackson Wilson
Readers AGREE! the Lost Words Dictionary
"Read this book if you only read one this year."

If you enjoyed The Binding and The Betrayals, you will definitely enjoy this. A beautiful fusion of words that encompasses feminism, friendship, growing up, and many other things. "The greatest ode to language and words" My heart was broken by this novel. I heartily suggest it to any fans of historical fiction, and I plan to read it again.