An Angel at My Table: The Complete AutobiographyAutobiografie van de Nieuwzeelandse schrijfster die na een reeks moeilijke jaren haar wil om te schrijven zag overwinnen. |
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... Auckland ? ' I had become a third person , at home at Willowglen and now here in Auckland . Sometimes , as if I were my own obituary , people asked , ' What was she ? ' As if an archaeological find stood before them and they were ...
... Auckland ? ' I had become a third person , at home at Willowglen and now here in Auckland . Sometimes , as if I were my own obituary , people asked , ' What was she ? ' As if an archaeological find stood before them and they were ...
Page 242
... Auckland and the next morning , shaken in all my bones , I felt the train arriving at Auckland station , and suddenly there was ' up north ' again , the blue paradisal air and light . And there were June , Wilson and their three ...
... Auckland and the next morning , shaken in all my bones , I felt the train arriving at Auckland station , and suddenly there was ' up north ' again , the blue paradisal air and light . And there were June , Wilson and their three ...
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... Auckland , the telegram came from Frank . ' Privately informed . Three hundred pounds granted . Congratulations . ' So my journey away from New Zealand was to be a reality . I had so little notion of the value of money that I could not ...
... Auckland , the telegram came from Frank . ' Privately informed . Three hundred pounds granted . Congratulations . ' So my journey away from New Zealand was to be a reality . I had so little notion of the value of money that I could not ...
Contents
In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
Copyright | |
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