Wrestling with the Angel

Wrestling with the Angel
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Publisher : Catapult
Total Pages : 613
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ISBN-10 : 9781582431857
ISBN-13 : 158243185X
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Book Synopsis Wrestling with the Angel by : Michael King

Download or read book Wrestling with the Angel written by Michael King and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2002-03-07 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Janet Frame, born in 1924, is New Zealand's most celebrated and least public author. Her early life in small South Island towns seemed, at times, engulfed in a tide of doom: one brother still-born, another epileptic; two sisters dead of heart failure while swimming; Frame herself committed to mental hospitals for the best part of a decade. Later, her surviving sister was temporarily felled in adulthood by a stroke, an uncle cut his throat and a cousin shot his lover, his lover's parents and then himself. This, then, is an inspiring biography of a woman who climbed out of an abyss of unhappiness to take control of her life and become one of the great writers of her time. And to enable her biographer to write this book scrupulously and honestly, Janet Frame spoke for the first time about her whole life. She also made available her personal papers and directed her family and friends to be equally communicative. The result is a biography of astonishing intimacy and frankness, written by multi-award-winning author, Dr Michael King.


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