​BBB is a book club that is open to the public and held on 4th
The Friends of the Brainerd Public Library has teamed up with the Eagles Club of Brainerd for Chapter 9 of
Books Burgers & Brews.
​Mondays starting at 6pm. We supply the books, discussion, and some extras! ​
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​​​Our vision for this event is to provide a venue to gather with friends and enjoy a fun discussion. We call it “A Book Club with a Kick!” We would love to have you join us!
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
In 1901, the word ‘Bondmaid’ was discovered missing from the Oxford English Dictionary. This is the story of the girl who stole it.
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Esme is born into a world of words. Motherless and irrepressibly curious, she spends her childhood in the ‘Scriptorium’, a garden shed in Oxford where her father and a team of dedicated lexicographers are collecting words for the very first Oxford English Dictionary. Esme’s place is beneath the sorting table, unseen and unheard. One day a slip of paper containing the word ‘bondmaid’ flutters to the floor. Esme rescues the slip and stashes it in an old wooden case that belongs to her friend, Lizzie, a young servant in the big house. Esme begins to collect other words from the Scriptorium that are misplaced, discarded or have been neglected by the dictionary men. They help her make sense of the world.
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Over time, Esme realizes that some words are considered more important than others, and that words and meanings relating to women’s experiences often go unrecorded. While she dedicates her life to the Oxford English Dictionary, secretly, she begins to collect words for another dictionary: The Dictionary of Lost Words.
Set when the women’s suffrage movement was at its height and the Great War loomed, The Dictionary of Lost Words reveals a lost narrative, hidden between the lines of a history written by men. It’s a delightful, lyrical and deeply thought-provoking celebration of words, and the power of language to shape the world and our experience of it.
BBB books are available the month they are being discussed by picking them up at the Brainerd Public Library front desk. The books at the library are first come first served.
Join Amanda and Kristin from the Books Burgers and Brews at The Brainerd Eagles Club each month at 6:00 pm for a fun BOOK-filled discussion. Register today!
BBB Books available at Beagle and Wolf bookstore in Park Rapids.
