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The Old Child And The Book Of Words

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A child is found standing on the street with an empty bucket in her hand and no memory of her name, her family or her past.

Elsewhere, a girl grows up surrounded by familiar faces - a wet nurse, a piano teacher, a gardener, a best friend and a distant mother - but soon finds them slipping mysteriously from her life.

In the company of these girls, we are compelled to tread the uncertain and spiky terrain of memory, where words are dropped like clues to reveal what has been hidden, forgotten or erased.

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Product Details
Granta Books
1846276764 / 9781846276767
Paperback / softback
833.92
07/06/2018
United Kingdom
English
General
1 volume
20 cm
Reprint. This translation originally published: London: Portobello, 2008.