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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 76
Page 55
... eyes looked as if he were squeezing something behind them . ' Without a doubt , ' he told Mother , ' it's the boy's ... eyes . ' Then followed daylong journeys in the train to Timaru to see the ' eye doctor ' . Next — perhaps it was the ...
... eyes looked as if he were squeezing something behind them . ' Without a doubt , ' he told Mother , ' it's the boy's ... eyes . ' Then followed daylong journeys in the train to Timaru to see the ' eye doctor ' . Next — perhaps it was the ...
Page 344
... eyes , and a rich voice that sounded like chords of music to my already enchanted ears . I thought his eyes , intent in their gaze , looked slightly glazed and mad : in my innocence it never occurred to me that he might have been taking ...
... eyes , and a rich voice that sounded like chords of music to my already enchanted ears . I thought his eyes , intent in their gaze , looked slightly glazed and mad : in my innocence it never occurred to me that he might have been taking ...
Page 407
... eyes my life became , ruled by routine , and even in Braiseworth near Eye , with my writing crowded out by domestic duties of garden , clean , walk the dog , shop , the Mirror City stayed in my mind as the true desirable dwelling place ...
... eyes my life became , ruled by routine , and even in Braiseworth near Eye , with my writing crowded out by domestic duties of garden , clean , walk the dog , shop , the Mirror City stayed in my mind as the true desirable dwelling place ...
Contents
In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
Copyright | |
79 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
afternoon Andorra arrived asked Auckland Aunty Isy Aunty Polly became bedroom began Blake Palmer bought Braiseworth Charles Brasch clothes colour Dad's dance dark death door dreams dress Dunedin English eyes face father feeling felt Frank Sargeson friends garden girls grey Grimm's Fairy Tales hill hospital Ibiza imagination Isabel Janet Frame John Forrest Kaitangata kitchen knew learned listened lived London looked matagouri Mirror City Miss Lincoln morning Mother Mount Maunganui Myrtle's never night Oamaru once Patrick Reilly pine play poems poet poetry Poppy railway realised remember returned Road schizophrenia Seacliff Sexton Blake sister sitting song stay stories Street T. S. Eliot talked teacher thought told Training College trees trying Uncle walked watched week Willowglen window woman wonder words writing Zealand