{"product_id":"9781619027886","title":"An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eFrame, Janet\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCounterpoint\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12\/13\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe autobiography of New Zealand's most significant writer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew Zealand's preeminent writer Janet Frame brings the skill of an extraordinary novelist and poet to these vivid and haunting recollections, gathered here for the first time in a single volume. From a childhood and adolescence spent in a poor but intellectually intense railway family, through life as a student, and years of incarceration in mental hospitals, eventually followed by her entry into the saving world of writers and the \"Mirror City\" that sustains them, we are given not only a record of the events of a life, but also \"the transformation of ordinary facts and ideas into a shining palace of mirrors.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrame's journey of self–discovery, from New Zealand to London, to Paris and Barcelona, and then home again, is a heartfelt and courageous account of a writer's beginnings as well as one woman's personal struggle to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book contains selections from the long out–of–print collection entitled \u003ci\u003eJanet Frame: An Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e (George Brazillier, 1991), which itself was originally published in three volumes: \u003ci\u003eTo the Is–land, An Angel at My Table\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Envoy from Mirror City.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44214059335935,"sku":"9781619027886","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781619027886_s600x595.jpg?v=1775590911","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781619027886","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}