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020			_a9781844086238
100	1		_aFrame, Janet
245	1	3	_aAn angel at my table
260			_aLondon : _bVirago, _c2010
300			_axv, 523 pages
500			_aThe complete autobiography. Originally published in three separate volumes: "To the is-land" (1982), "An Angel at my table" (1984), "The envoy from mirror city" (1985).
520			_aAfter 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.' 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.
600			_aFrame, Janet
650			_aBiography
650			_aMental disorders
650			_aLiterature
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