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 173
... sister Isabel . ' Isabel , she said , was making a guy of herself both by her behaviour and by the clothes she wore , in particular a skirt printed with a giraffe . ' Fancy wearing a skirt with a giraffe printed on it ! ' the warden ...
... sister Isabel . ' Isabel , she said , was making a guy of herself both by her behaviour and by the clothes she wore , in particular a skirt printed with a giraffe . ' Fancy wearing a skirt with a giraffe printed on it ! ' the warden ...
Page 213
... sister and parents and brother , and these were always censored , and sometimes not mailed : I remember one instance of a letter written to my sister June where I was actually quoting from Virginia Woolf , in describing the gorse as ...
... sister and parents and brother , and these were always censored , and sometimes not mailed : I remember one instance of a letter written to my sister June where I was actually quoting from Virginia Woolf , in describing the gorse as ...
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... sister , and no one would ever have dreamed that beyond it stood the buildings known as Park House , where human beings became or were quickly transformed into living as animals . The years spent there were compressed with tragedy and ...
... sister , and no one would ever have dreamed that beyond it stood the buildings known as Park House , where human beings became or were quickly transformed into living as animals . The years spent there were compressed with tragedy and ...
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In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
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