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You know you are in the hands of a writer of stature when you read Janet Frame. Her skill with words makes you want to dance about in them, toss them over your head, and dive into them. And for Kiwis -especially South Islanders- there's that sudden "clunk" of recognition when she introduces something local that we recognise, or remember from our childhoods. The book is at times wry, at times funny, (I really enjoyed her rendition of the National Anthem), but mostly a strongly personal rendering
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Mar 05, 2016
Daisy
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Jurate Stanaityte
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