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To the Is-land

An Autobiography

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"[This book] is [an] ... account of a childhood and adolescence in a New Zealand family in the 1920s and 1930s. ... Its ... language brings alive in vivid detail her home, materially poor but intellectually intense, and her first encounters with love and death. It follows [Frame's] explorations into the worlds of words and poetry. ..."--Back cover

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To the Is-land, Janet Frame

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1983
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Title
To the Is-land
Subtitle
An Autobiography
Language
English
Publisher
Women's Press
Released
1983
Format
Hardcover
ISBN10
0704328410
ISBN13
9780704328419
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3.45 out of 5
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"[This book] is [an] ... account of a childhood and adolescence in a New Zealand family in the 1920s and 1930s. ... Its ... language brings alive in vivid detail her home, materially poor but intellectually intense, and her first encounters with love and death. It follows [Frame's] explorations into the worlds of words and poetry. ..."--Back cover