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Even when she is the sole provider for a fatherless family , she and no one else
bears the guilt for a child who must spend the day in a shoddy nursery or an
abusive school system . Even when she herself is trying to cope with an
environment ...
Even when she is the sole provider for a fatherless family , she and no one else
bears the guilt for a child who must spend the day in a shoddy nursery or an
abusive school system . Even when she herself is trying to cope with an
environment ...
Page 215
In 1890 Olive Schreiner related a parable in which a woman is trying to cross a
deep , fordless river into the land of freedom . She wants to carry with her the
male infant suckling at her breast , but she is told , No , you will lose your life
trying to ...
In 1890 Olive Schreiner related a parable in which a woman is trying to cross a
deep , fordless river into the land of freedom . She wants to carry with her the
male infant suckling at her breast , but she is told , No , you will lose your life
trying to ...
Page 244
I squint up at them , trying to see her , trying to see which one she is . Later , she
has a vision of her father in the same place : He has realized he was an intruder ;
the cabin , the fences , the fires and paths were violations ; now his own fence ...
I squint up at them , trying to see her , trying to see which one she is . Later , she
has a vision of her father in the same place : He has realized he was an intruder ;
the cabin , the fences , the fires and paths were violations ; now his own fence ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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