To The Is-land by Janet Frame

253 pages first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

In this first volume of her autobiography, New Zealand novelist Janet Frame tells of her childhood as the daughter of an impoverished railway worker and a mother who aspired to publish poetry.Despite material privations and family conflicts, the w...

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informative 25%
inspiring 25%

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