TY - BOOK AU - Frame, Janet, TI - The rainbirds AV - PZ4.F812PR6056.R26 Rai3 U1 - 823.2 21 PY - 1969/// CY - Christchurch, N.Z. PB - Pegasus KW - New Zealand fiction KW - 20th century N1 - Novel; Originally published: London : W.H. Allen, 1968 N2 - 'When Godfrey Rainbird is knocked down by a car, his wife cries, ordered widow's weeds and funeral flowers, and imbibes sympathy with the neighbourly cup of tea. Her widowhood entitles her to respect, and she will undoubtably learn to run her life again. Then Godfrey returns from the dead. It has all been a macabre mistake : he was only in a coma. The real tragedy begins when he comes home from hospital, for Godfrey has his dreams too, and a man newly resurrected is entitled to ponder on eternity ..."--Preface ER -