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 14
... feeling of dis- covery , of gratitude , of possession . I knew that this place was entirely mine ; mine the moss , the creek , the log , the secrecy . It was a new kind of posses- sion quite different from my beastie dress or from the ...
... feeling of dis- covery , of gratitude , of possession . I knew that this place was entirely mine ; mine the moss , the creek , the log , the secrecy . It was a new kind of posses- sion quite different from my beastie dress or from the ...
Page 326
... feeling tired , anxious about finding a permanent place to stay , inferior because I was not a poet , but , overturning all these feelings , was my eagerness to begin my new life in a foreign land . First , I needed a phrase book that ...
... feeling tired , anxious about finding a permanent place to stay , inferior because I was not a poet , but , overturning all these feelings , was my eagerness to begin my new life in a foreign land . First , I needed a phrase book that ...
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... feeling robbed of the hours between but grateful for their passing , as if Time and I were partners . And later , home at Grove Hill Road , regret- ting the vanished hours , I'd think , ' I can't believe I deliberately banished so much ...
... feeling robbed of the hours between but grateful for their passing , as if Time and I were partners . And later , home at Grove Hill Road , regret- ting the vanished hours , I'd think , ' I can't believe I deliberately banished so much ...
Contents
In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
Copyright | |
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