num_pages: 538
description: This is the biography of New Zealand author, Janet Frame. This book shows how, despite the overwhelming unhappiness of her childhood, Janet Frame climbed out of an abyss to take control of her life and become one of the great writers of her time.
language: English
title: Wrestling With the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame
titlecomplete: Wrestling With the Angel: A Life of Janet Frame
genres: Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Biography, Mental Illness
ratings_count: 113
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
category: Montana Medal for Nonfiction (Montana NZ Awards)
publisher: Macmillan Pub Ltd