Owls do cry /
Frame, Janet,
Owls do cry / Janet Frame ; introduced by Margaret Drabble. - Melbourne, Vic. : The Text Pub. Co., 2014. - xiii, 280 pages ; 20 cm.
So the day promised fair, and the sea lay like a quilt with the waves tucked under, and the trees wavering like leafless water, cut to fit from a transparent block of blue air and frost. 'Owls do cry' tells the story of the Withers family: Francie, who is twelve and about to start work at the woollen mills, hard drudgery sweetened with the thrill of riding a bike to work; Toby, who would rather play at the dump than go to school, where the dark velvet cloak of epilepsy often wraps itself around him; Chicks, the youngest; and Daphne, whose rich poetic way of seeing the world leads to a heartbreaking life in institutions. Janet Frame writes of hardship, poverty and tragedy with beauty and a deep sensitivity. 'Owls do cry' is a poetic masterpiece.
9781922147899
Level 10, 22 William St Melbourne VIC 3000
Alienation (Social psychology)--Fiction.
Epilepsy--Fiction.
Mentally ill--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Family relationships--Fiction.
Mental illness--Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
New Zealand fiction--20th century.
Suspense fiction.
Maturation--New Zealand--Fiction.
Mentally ill--Fiction.
Family relationships--Fiction.
Mental illness--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Alienation (Social psychology)--Fiction.
Epilepsy--Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Suspense fiction
Suspense fiction
PR9639.3.F7
NZ823.2
Owls do cry / Janet Frame ; introduced by Margaret Drabble. - Melbourne, Vic. : The Text Pub. Co., 2014. - xiii, 280 pages ; 20 cm.
So the day promised fair, and the sea lay like a quilt with the waves tucked under, and the trees wavering like leafless water, cut to fit from a transparent block of blue air and frost. 'Owls do cry' tells the story of the Withers family: Francie, who is twelve and about to start work at the woollen mills, hard drudgery sweetened with the thrill of riding a bike to work; Toby, who would rather play at the dump than go to school, where the dark velvet cloak of epilepsy often wraps itself around him; Chicks, the youngest; and Daphne, whose rich poetic way of seeing the world leads to a heartbreaking life in institutions. Janet Frame writes of hardship, poverty and tragedy with beauty and a deep sensitivity. 'Owls do cry' is a poetic masterpiece.
9781922147899
Level 10, 22 William St Melbourne VIC 3000
Alienation (Social psychology)--Fiction.
Epilepsy--Fiction.
Mentally ill--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Family relationships--Fiction.
Mental illness--Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
New Zealand fiction--20th century.
Suspense fiction.
Maturation--New Zealand--Fiction.
Mentally ill--Fiction.
Family relationships--Fiction.
Mental illness--Fiction.
Families--Fiction.
Alienation (Social psychology)--Fiction.
Epilepsy--Fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Suspense fiction
Suspense fiction
PR9639.3.F7
NZ823.2