Owls Do Cry Author:Janet Frame Owls Do Cry tells the story of the Withers family: Francie, who is twelve and about to start work at the woollen mills, hard drudgery sweetened with the thrill of riding a bike to work; Toby, who would rather play at the dump than go to school, where the dark velvet cloak of epilepsy often wraps itself around him; Chicks, the youngest; ... more »and Daphne, whose rich poetic way of seeing the world leads to a heartbreaking life in institutions.« less