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Towards Another Summer
Towards Another Summer | Janet Frame
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Self-styled writer Grace Cleave has writers block, and her anxiety is only augmented by her chronic aversion to leaving her home, to be "among people, even for five or ten minutes. And so it is with trepidation that she accepts an invitation to spend a weekend away from London in the north of England. Once there, she feels more and more like a migratory bird, as the pull of her native New Zealand makes life away from it seem transitory. Grace longs to find her place in the world, but first she must learn to be comfortable in her own skin, feathers and all. From the author of An Angel at My Table comes an exquisitely written novel of exile and return, homesickness and belonging. Written in 1963 when Janet Frame was living in London, this is of a novel she considered too personal to be published while she was alive.
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#marchintoreading day 20: #aseasoninthetitle
Happy first day of spring! On this first day in the Bay Area it's like we jumped from summer last week (t shirts and BBQ!) back to winter again (chilly rainy days!). Hope you've got a bit more spring-like weather where you are.
Oddly I lack any spring titles on my shelves!! But so many summers.

Jas16 I love Barbara Pym! 8y
MrBook Ooh, the top-left two look good! 😊👍🏻 8y
BookFreakOut We had 90 degrees on Sunday in Kansas, but it's supposed to go back to rainy 50s in a few days. 🙄 8y
HardcoverHearts The jump in weather kicked me into a migraine yesterday! It's been nuts! 8y
Jinjer We jumped from snow last Saturday to 86F and humid summer today. Ugh! I hate heat. Bring back the snow! 8y
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