DislikedBut the later sections of this book, I just didn't like as much as I like that first section. In fact, some of them I had barely any interest in, and I kind of felt ready for this book to be over.
Owls Do Cry (1957)
Creators: Disliked Set in provincial, pre-1940 New Zealand, this novel explores the Withers family and in particular Daphne. When one of Daphne's sisters, Francie, dies at the rubbish dump where the children search for treasure, a crisis is provoked which leads Daphne to a mental asylum where she is given shock treatment. Her voice from 'the Dead Room' haunts the novel with its poetic insights.
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