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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... father survives as a presence in such objects as a leather workbag , a pair of ribbed butter pats , a handful of salmon spoons . As children , we heard little of our father's ancestors , the Frames and the Patersons , only that most had ...
... father survives as a presence in such objects as a leather workbag , a pair of ribbed butter pats , a handful of salmon spoons . As children , we heard little of our father's ancestors , the Frames and the Patersons , only that most had ...
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... father was also an auctioneer and from time to time mayor of Oamaru . Then there was B. ( her father , too , an auctioneer ) , an accomplished dancer who won many prizes at local and national competitions , a champion runner , too , and ...
... father was also an auctioneer and from time to time mayor of Oamaru . Then there was B. ( her father , too , an auctioneer ) , an accomplished dancer who won many prizes at local and national competitions , a champion runner , too , and ...
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... fathers who were ' rotters ' , they cried . ' Rotters and cads . But Father was tophole , wasn't he ? ' That evening as I lay in my foldaway bed I thought of Dad alone at Willowglen and I remembered Aunt Polly's criticism of me for ...
... fathers who were ' rotters ' , they cried . ' Rotters and cads . But Father was tophole , wasn't he ? ' That evening as I lay in my foldaway bed I thought of Dad alone at Willowglen and I remembered Aunt Polly's criticism of me for ...
Contents
In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
Copyright | |
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