BOOKS 2024 #פיפ ויליאמס

Esme was born into a world of words. Motherless and with an insatiable curiosity, she spends her childhood in a garden shed in Oxford, where her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers collect words to create the Oxford English Dictionary. One day, when young Esme is sitting hidden under the examination table, a piece of paper falls under the table, with the word "slave" on it. Esme begins to collect more words that have been discarded or lost...