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A review by thatlitgal
An Angel At My Table by Janet Frame
4.0
I enjoyed this book.
It was though in parts, too long-winded and descriptive, but otherwise, I liked the writing, it was very absorbing, and Frame's voice was so sincere. I sympathized with her struggles with the shame of her feminity, her fears, her anxieties over her lack of agency, and her reliance on what we would now refer to as 'people pleasing.'
I had to read this book quickly for my uni course, but later when that is finished, I definitely want to go back and re-read all 3 of her autobiographies again.
It was though in parts, too long-winded and descriptive, but otherwise, I liked the writing, it was very absorbing, and Frame's voice was so sincere. I sympathized with her struggles with the shame of her feminity, her fears, her anxieties over her lack of agency, and her reliance on what we would now refer to as 'people pleasing.'
I had to read this book quickly for my uni course, but later when that is finished, I definitely want to go back and re-read all 3 of her autobiographies again.