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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... Mother of John Godfrey's brother Henry and of their father , an Oxford doctor , whose ' Godfrey's Elixir ' was known in Great Britain in the early nineteenth century ; of Mother's mother , Jessie Joyce , from a Jersey Islands family of ...
... Mother of John Godfrey's brother Henry and of their father , an Oxford doctor , whose ' Godfrey's Elixir ' was known in Great Britain in the early nineteenth century ; of Mother's mother , Jessie Joyce , from a Jersey Islands family of ...
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... Mother , influenced by Dad's certainty , joined the cry , ' Stop it , Bruddie , stop it at once ' , when the familiar signs of an attack began to show . Someone suggested the illness could be ' beaten out of him ' , and Dad did whip him ...
... Mother , influenced by Dad's certainty , joined the cry , ' Stop it , Bruddie , stop it at once ' , when the familiar signs of an attack began to show . Someone suggested the illness could be ' beaten out of him ' , and Dad did whip him ...
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... Mother said . ' Your grandmother with her diabetes was told to drink nothing but cabbage water . Whole wheat and ... Mother's search or pilgrimage continued , we children became more ' wild ' and unruly , passionately embracing every ...
... Mother said . ' Your grandmother with her diabetes was told to drink nothing but cabbage water . Whole wheat and ... Mother's search or pilgrimage continued , we children became more ' wild ' and unruly , passionately embracing every ...
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In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
Copyright | |
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