Janet Frame’s asylum dreams
The New Zealand author, born 100 years ago, was both tormented and inspired by her experience of mental illness.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
The New Zealand author, born 100 years ago, was both tormented and inspired by her experience of mental illness.
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