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 spikey terrain of memory, where words are dropped like clues to reveal what has been hidden, forgotten or erased.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781846270581
Published: December 2008

Number of pages: 192
Width: 128 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 12 mm

Publisher: Granta Books