{"product_id":"9781529113228","title":"The Dictionary of Lost Words","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1901, the word 'bondmaid' was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it.\u003cbr\u003eMotherless and irrepressibly curious, Esme spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of lexicographers are gathering words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary.\u003cbr\u003eEsme's place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day, she sees a slip containing the word 'bondmaid' flutter to the floor unclaimed.\u003cbr\u003eOver time, Esme realises that some words are considered more important than others, and that words and meanings relating to women's experiences often go unrecorded. She begins to collect words for another dictionary: The Dictionary of Lost Words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Pip+Williams\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003ePip Williams\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pip Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375674572963,"sku":"9781529113228","price":275.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781529113228_6056496e-04f3-4dfe-8df4-5fd11e5b0d67.jpg?v=1776564078","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781529113228","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}