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01605aam a2200253 i 4500 001 A15EB7B2122B11EDB028045E3CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220802012256 007 r 008 200424s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 010 $a 2020019158 020 $a 1984820737 020 $a 9781984820730 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Williams, Pip, $e author. $t The dictionary of lost words. 245 14 $a The dictionary of lost words : $b a novel / $c Pip Williams. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Ballantine Group, $c [2021] 300 $a 1 online resource. 520 $a "The Dictionary of Lost Words is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical figures, are products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 541 $d 20220608. 941 $a 1 952 $l JZPB162 $d 20220802014954.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A15EB7B2122B11EDB028045E3CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search