Bonfires in the Rain by Lauris Dorothy Edmond ISBN 13: 9780908912001

Wellington, New Zealand: Bridget Williams, 1991. 241 pp, 8vo (8 1/2" H). B&w photographs. The second volume of New Zealand poet Lauris Edmond's autobiography. "For Lauris Edmond this was married life in its time of greatest fulfilment, with six children in a small New Zealand country town in the fifties. They were rich years, full of laughter and friendship and solidity - the way, she supposed, women's lives were meant to be. But dreams and expectations change, the experiences of loss and uncertainty impinge, and as the sixties became the seventies the world shifted on its axis. Women everywhere were questioning the old, familiar loyalties; for Lauris there was no ignoring the promptings of a talent - and a way of being - too long supressed. (A) remarkable account of a woman's journey from conformity to a tentative and painful independence; of the growth and death of a marriage, and the questioning and discovery of self. Eloquent and assured, this is autobiography at its… Read More

New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books. Good. Paperback. 1991. 241 pages. slight corner wear .

Bridget Williams Books. Very Good. 21.5 x 13.5cm. Paperback. 1991. 241 pages.<br>Autobiography, volume II--Cover .

Bridget Williams Books, 1991. Light reading wear, bright clean and tight; very good overall. The second volume of the autobiography of the Kiwi writer.. paperback. Very Good. Book.

Bridget Williams Books 1991 Paperback. Good.

Bridget Williams Books 1991 Paperback. Good.

Bridget Williams Books 1991 Paperback. Very Good.

Bridget Williams Books. Used - Good. paperback 100% of proceeds go to charity! Good condition with all pages in tact. Item shows signs of use and may have cosmetic defects.