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Listening to the Everly Brothers and other stories
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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Elizabeth Smither
48 books6 followersElizabeth Edwina Smither MNZM is a New Zealand poet and writer.
She has published eighteen collections of poetry and was New Zealand's poet laureate from 2001 to 2003. In 2004 she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Literature from the University of Auckland, and in 2008 she received the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry. She has also published five novels and five short story collections, as well as journals and memoirs. Her poetry collection Night Horse won the Ockham New Zealand Book Award for Poetry in 2018.
She has published eighteen collections of poetry and was New Zealand's poet laureate from 2001 to 2003. In 2004 she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Literature from the University of Auckland, and in 2008 she received the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry. She has also published five novels and five short story collections, as well as journals and memoirs. Her poetry collection Night Horse won the Ockham New Zealand Book Award for Poetry in 2018.
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April 20, 2019
Well, we left for home in early February with only two stories to be read. We have come to the beach again for Easter and I decided to finish it once and for all.
I would not have picked up this book of it hadn't been a New Zealand author, nor if it hadn't been short stories. I don't read many paper books these days. I am a total e-book convert and a big fan of audiobooks. That said, technology hasn't quite caught up yet with beach-proof devices, so having something to read while on the beach watching swimming teens is still important.
This book was just right for me. It took me back (mostly to my mother's time) to parts of my memory: cask wine or Daewoo cars.
I enjoyed it from what it was, but I won't be searching out another or recommending it to anyone else.
I would not have picked up this book of it hadn't been a New Zealand author, nor if it hadn't been short stories. I don't read many paper books these days. I am a total e-book convert and a big fan of audiobooks. That said, technology hasn't quite caught up yet with beach-proof devices, so having something to read while on the beach watching swimming teens is still important.
This book was just right for me. It took me back (mostly to my mother's time) to parts of my memory: cask wine or Daewoo cars.
I enjoyed it from what it was, but I won't be searching out another or recommending it to anyone else.
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