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A moving and immersive debut: when a team of scholars compiles the first Oxford English Dictionary , one of their daughters starts a parallel book containing all the "objectionable" words the men choose to omit.

Produktbeschreibung
A moving and immersive debut: when a team of scholars compiles the first Oxford English Dictionary, one of their daughters starts a parallel book containing all the "objectionable" words the men choose to omit.
Autorenporträt
Pip Williams was born in London, grew up in Sydney and now calls the Adelaide Hills home. She is the author of the much-loved memoir One Italian Summer and the national number one bestseller, The Dictionary of Lost Words, which was shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2021. Pip has also published travel articles, book reviews, flash fiction and poetry.
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A brilliant book about women and words - tender, moving and profound Jacqueline Wilson