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After being misdiagnosed with schizophrenia as a young woman, Janet Frame spent several years in psychiatric institutions. She escaped undergoing a lobotomy when it was discovered that she had just won a national literary prize. She then went on to become New Zealand's most acclaimed writer. As she says more than once in this autobiography: 'My writing saved me.'
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An Angel at My Table, Janet Frame
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- An Angel at My Table
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Janet Frame
- Publisher
- Little Brown GBR
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1844086232
- ISBN13
- 9781844086238
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Social Sciences, True Stories, Biographies, Psychological Topics, Psychology, Women, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Filmthema, Film, Mental Health, Women's Biographies, New Zealand, Schizophrenia, Lobotomy
- Original title
- An angel at my table
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- After being misdiagnosed with schizophrenia as a young woman, Janet Frame spent several years in psychiatric institutions. She escaped undergoing a lobotomy when it was discovered that she had just won a national literary prize. She then went on to become New Zealand's most acclaimed writer. As she says more than once in this autobiography: 'My writing saved me.'