There is a space between the word you know and the word you mean. Most people live there indefinitely — understood, but never quite heard. This book is about that space, and what it takes to cross it.
Part memoir, part linguistics, part practical guide — written for anyone who has ever felt that language was a door they couldn't quite open from the inside.
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