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 98
... looked on Marguerite as I looked on Poppy from a distance as part of the past and another life , and high school with its prospect of years of study , homework , examinations , gave me a new , serious life without play . I still ...
... looked on Marguerite as I looked on Poppy from a distance as part of the past and another life , and high school with its prospect of years of study , homework , examinations , gave me a new , serious life without play . I still ...
Page 235
... looked approvingly as he wrapped it for me . Then he said , as if startled , ' Oh . You're Janet Frame ? Do you live in Dunedin now ? ' ' I've been here a few months . I live and work at the Grand Hotel . ' He looked uneasy , and said ...
... looked approvingly as he wrapped it for me . Then he said , as if startled , ' Oh . You're Janet Frame ? Do you live in Dunedin now ? ' ' I've been here a few months . I live and work at the Grand Hotel . ' He looked uneasy , and said ...
Page 236
... looked towards the Oval with its puddles and seagulls , and I thought of Number Four Garden Terrace and Aunty Isy , who no longer lived there . Separated at last from the chocolate trophies of her dancing , she had turned to the source ...
... looked towards the Oval with its puddles and seagulls , and I thought of Number Four Garden Terrace and Aunty Isy , who no longer lived there . Separated at last from the chocolate trophies of her dancing , she had turned to the source ...
Contents
In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
Copyright | |
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