Wrestling With the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame

Janet Frame achieved fame through her autobiographical series, An Angel at my Table. New Zealands most celebrated yet most reclusive author, her early life makes harrowing reading: a series of family tragedies culminated in Frame being committed to mental hospitals for almost a decade. She finally escaped from this abyss of despair, regaining control of her life and becoming one of the great writers of her time.