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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... grey . In my mind that high stool could be found in Oamaru , in the lawyer's office where Mother paid the rent . A grey tired - looking man perched there on a high stool before a high , sloping desk , working at his accounts , and when ...
... grey . In my mind that high stool could be found in Oamaru , in the lawyer's office where Mother paid the rent . A grey tired - looking man perched there on a high stool before a high , sloping desk , working at his accounts , and when ...
Page 139
... grey , and I do remember a search lasting hours up and down Thames Street to find a shop that sold a reel of grey cotton to match the thread of Dad's suit . After the Depression , when he changed to navy blue , our shock and feeling of ...
... grey , and I do remember a search lasting hours up and down Thames Street to find a shop that sold a reel of grey cotton to match the thread of Dad's suit . After the Depression , when he changed to navy blue , our shock and feeling of ...
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... grey - green , gently floated fringes of waves among the rocks along the foreshore . I could not see the water but I knew it and even in my mind I could touch the bubbles of foam and feel the water like a grey - green stone suddenly ...
... grey - green , gently floated fringes of waves among the rocks along the foreshore . I could not see the water but I knew it and even in my mind I could touch the bubbles of foam and feel the water like a grey - green stone suddenly ...
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In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
Copyright | |
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