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"This is a coming of age memoir dealing with the struggle to write and find one's way. Despite an involuntary institutionalization, seven years in mental hospitals, Janet Frame succeeds as one of New Zealand's most respected and admired writers."
Chris Taylor, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Battle with a psychiatrist
Yes
Brain/Body disability?
- mental illness
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Genius
Main Adversary
Profession/status:
- doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 7 ()
Asia/Pacific
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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