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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Page 128
... clothes made by a friend of Aunty Isy and the dolls given to June and Isabel when they felt too grown up to play with them , which was just as well , for they were warned that the clothes were ' knitted specially by an old woman ' and ...
... clothes made by a friend of Aunty Isy and the dolls given to June and Isabel when they felt too grown up to play with them , which was just as well , for they were warned that the clothes were ' knitted specially by an old woman ' and ...
Page 139
... clothes , for it was around clothes that my life was suddenly centred , even as it had been years ago when I wore my velvet beastie gown , and as it had been during my school years when I lived trapped within a grey serge tunic ...
... clothes , for it was around clothes that my life was suddenly centred , even as it had been years ago when I wore my velvet beastie gown , and as it had been during my school years when I lived trapped within a grey serge tunic ...
Page 281
... clothes for her journey ' . Surprisingly , I was now the Spartan , insisting that fifty pounds was too precious to waste on ' mere clothes ' . All the same , I again took the ferry to Auckland , where I hoped to sell my new Mademoiselle ...
... clothes for her journey ' . Surprisingly , I was now the Spartan , insisting that fifty pounds was too precious to waste on ' mere clothes ' . All the same , I again took the ferry to Auckland , where I hoped to sell my new Mademoiselle ...
Contents
In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
Copyright | |
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