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MCELDOWNEY, DENNIS - Shaking the Bee Tree

Title: Shaking the Bee Tree
Description: Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland University Press. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 1869400739) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The story of how an invalid child was able, through medical science and her own courage, to lead a normal life. It is also the harrowing picture of a fatherless family struggling to survive hardship and poverty in post-World War II New Zealand. Dennis McEldowney is a well-known editor, critic and author who is widely admired for his beautiful writing. Biography of his wife from Blue Baby through early hardship with a fierce happy disposition. CONDITION 219 pages with b/w photo illus. Bright and crisp copy, bottom front cnr a little crushed affecting the first few pages. #New Zealand Biography#. Near Fine/N/A.

Keywords: New Zealand 1869400739

Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: Ariel Books
- Book number: 14238

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