Owls Do Cry

Owls Do Cry A Novel

Janet Frame1960
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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charlie@hauntedwilde
3 stars
Aug 15, 2022
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Moray Lyle McIntosh@bookish_arcadia
4 stars
Dec 5, 2021