tsefalofor 's review for:

An Angel At My Table by Janet Frame

5.0

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loved this… so ‘elif’ in a 1950s new zealand kinda way. (re)reading the idiot and this in such close succession made it so ‘clear’! i would say ‘young women blah’ but i’m discovering it’s not so universal as i thought (everybody i’ve recommended the idiot to saying ‘you’ll relate soo much!’ just says it ‘reminds them of me’) but soul sisters ‘list’ definite add. she’s so beautifully articulate and perceptive and funny while still ‘us’, unsure, terrified, unomniscient - now to read 1&3. my fav bit was ‘chicken a gent’