TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frame,Janet
AU  - Drabble,Margaret
TI  - Owls do cry
SN  - 9781922147899
AV  - PR9639.3.F7 
U1  - NZ823.2 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Melbourne, Vic.
PB  - The Text Pub. Co.
KW  - Alienation (Social psychology)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Epilepsy
KW  - Mentally ill
KW  - Families
KW  - Suspense fiction
KW  - Family relationships
KW  - Mental illness
KW  - fast
KW  - New Zealand fiction
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Maturation
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - gsafd
N2  - 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
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