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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... window , in front of the silver - scrolled , brown - polished Singer sewing machine ( daring the lightning to strike ) and talked of the Napier earthquake . The dining room was the large middle room with the big , rectangular sash window ...
... window , in front of the silver - scrolled , brown - polished Singer sewing machine ( daring the lightning to strike ) and talked of the Napier earthquake . The dining room was the large middle room with the big , rectangular sash window ...
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... window upon the frail stalks of the carnations . She would climb in the window at night and snuggle purring , at the foot of my bed , while I leaned down to stroke her black fur ; whispering , ' Oh Siggy , Siggy , what will I do ? ' 15 ...
... window upon the frail stalks of the carnations . She would climb in the window at night and snuggle purring , at the foot of my bed , while I leaned down to stroke her black fur ; whispering , ' Oh Siggy , Siggy , what will I do ? ' 15 ...
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... window . I looked out of the window into the tree - filled night . I heard the three o'clock morepork calling . And already the night was fading around the edges . I knew it was a night of the kind of violent change that always happens ...
... window . I looked out of the window into the tree - filled night . I heard the three o'clock morepork calling . And already the night was fading around the edges . I knew it was a night of the kind of violent change that always happens ...
Contents
In the Second Place | 7 |
In Velvet Gown | 10 |
The Railway People | 14 |
Copyright | |
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