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 55
... once ' , when the familiar signs of an attack began to show . Someone suggested the illness could be ' beaten out of him ' , and Dad did whip him once or twice to try to cure him . This failed of course , but Dad maintained that Bruddie ...
... once ' , when the familiar signs of an attack began to show . Someone suggested the illness could be ' beaten out of him ' , and Dad did whip him once or twice to try to cure him . This failed of course , but Dad maintained that Bruddie ...
Page 138
... once or twice only , in awe of their initiative and talent and their apparent lack of concern over their ' funny ' tunics . Once I visited their home and was impressed by the closeness , the almost island state of their family . They ...
... once or twice only , in awe of their initiative and talent and their apparent lack of concern over their ' funny ' tunics . Once I visited their home and was impressed by the closeness , the almost island state of their family . They ...
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... once lived surrounded by bush with tall kauris there were now rows of houses and acres of con- crete , while the once wet wooded roadsides were treeless . The Gordor children , now teenagers , with Pamela at Intermediate School , filled ...
... once lived surrounded by bush with tall kauris there were now rows of houses and acres of con- crete , while the once wet wooded roadsides were treeless . The Gordor children , now teenagers , with Pamela at Intermediate School , filled ...
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In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
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