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 190
... hospital - the Dunedin hospital - just for a few days ' rest . ' I felt suddenly free of all worry , cared for . I could think of nothing more desirable than lying in bed sheltered and warm , away from teaching and trying to earn money ...
... hospital - the Dunedin hospital - just for a few days ' rest . ' I felt suddenly free of all worry , cared for . I could think of nothing more desirable than lying in bed sheltered and warm , away from teaching and trying to earn money ...
Page 213
... hospital ; she would come with me , she said , and might it not be a good idea for me to admit myself as a voluntary boarder to Sunnyside Mental Hospital , where there was a new electric treatment , which , in her opinion , would help ...
... hospital ; she would come with me , she said , and might it not be a good idea for me to admit myself as a voluntary boarder to Sunnyside Mental Hospital , where there was a new electric treatment , which , in her opinion , would help ...
Page 237
... hospital I had almost no clothes , possibly because my family's image of people in hospital was that of patients in bed wearing nightgowns ; and in any case , my family could not afford to give me clothes and I was reluctant to ask them ...
... hospital I had almost no clothes , possibly because my family's image of people in hospital was that of patients in bed wearing nightgowns ; and in any case , my family could not afford to give me clothes and I was reluctant to ask them ...
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In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
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