She is utterly herself.A moment, if I may, of personal reflection. Janet Frame is the greatest New Zealand writer. The Janet Frame of An Angel at My Table is a writer of exceptional sensitivity * Los Angeles Times * She knew that a writer must search her soul in order to say anything that is essential It is one of the classics of autobiography. Janet Frame's luminous words are the more precious because they were snatched from the jaws of the disaster of her early life. Irresistibly readable, commendably honest, and, as a lesson in how courage and the will to survive defeated the effects of a ghastly mistake, inspiring * Times Literary Supplement * She struck a blow right to my heart * Guardian * Janet's autobiography had an enormous effect on me. One of the most beautiful and moving books I have ever read. a heroic story, and told with such engaging tone, humorous perspective and imaginative power * Sunday Times * A journey from luminous childhood, through the dark experiences of supposed madness, to the renewal of her life through writing. One of the great autobiographies written in the twentieth century. She struck a blow right to my heart' JANE CAMPION, GUARDIAN 'One of the most beautiful and moving books I have ever read. This edition contains all three volumes of Frame's autobiography: To the Is-Land, An Angel at My Table and An Envoy from Mirror City. As she says more than once in this autobiography: 'My writing saved me.' She then went on to become New Zealand's most acclaimed writer. She escaped undergoing a lobotomy when it was discovered that she had just won a national literary prize. 'The Janet Frame of An Angel at My Table is a writer of exceptional sensitivity' LOS ANGELES TIMESĪfter being misdiagnosed with schizophrenia as a young woman, Janet Frame spent several years in psychiatric institutions. 'Irresistibly readable, commendably honest' FLEUR ADCOCK, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'One of the great autobiographies written in the twentieth century' MICHAEL HOLROYD, SUNDAY TIMES
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