Insightful, sometimes shocking, and always unforgettable, Wrestling with the Angel is a remarkable account of a writer who has been pushed to the l...
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Dec 31, 2009
Kathleen
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This book started me reading Janet Frame. I have to confess that I had only before read Owls Do Cry, and that was at high school, yet Frame is one of NZ's greatest! I knew of Michael King's reputation and so I recommended this book to the Book Discussion group I was in - not realising how terribly lengthy it was! When I then borrowed it from the library I got quite a shock. Nevertheless, I read it cover to cover, as did most of the group, and though they all commented on the length, they all
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Feb 09, 2008
Pamela
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Painstaking attention to important but often overlooked details in this account of the writer's life focusing on her struggle to write in between episodes of mental illness. King does a good job of writing realistically about the illness without dramatizing it. Frame doesn't get lost in it as can sometimes happen when the lives of people with severe mental health issues are in biographies.
Sep 14, 2010
Nadine
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Covers much of the material in JF's autobiography plus a bit extra. Worth reading
Mar 14, 2010
Velvetink
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awesome - a lengthy read but well worth it to dispel inaccurate facts about Janet Frame
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