Back to feeling good again!

Having experienced several weeks of feeling unwell, I am now back to joyful blogging

  & doing lots of reading, mainly outside on our sunny terrace, overlooking the lake ~

 how good is this?   My physcologist also noticed how well I was our past 2 appointments.

            I have also made a major discovery when I watched a Jane Campion NZ film  

     "AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE"  written by NZ author, Janet Frame

 who came from Southland like me, lived in Auckland for a time writing like me,

& had mental illness like me,

(although it has been debated since whether she actually had  mental illness). 

She was unfortunately treated 200 times with shock treatment in NZ

& admitted also in England, but kept on writing!  Incredible!

She also won every eligible literary prize in NZ, civil honours

& honorary doctorates &  medals.  Also incredible!

I was keen to read her book, so had a copy sent from England.  

Strange that I should be sitting in Australia, ordering a book from England,

that was written in NZ!

How I did not learn of Janet Frame years before when I was living in NZ

completely escapes me!   I thoroughly enjoyed the read & am off to our local Library to get copies of Janet's various other books that I hadn't realised she had also written, including poetry & a children's book (about 20 books in all). 

It is rather strange we weren't made to read some of them at school.  I certainly cannot remember being introduced to any.

(Janet lived from 1924 to 2004).

Would love to have corresponded with her, but tonight I've been pleased to find a BLOG (by her neice, I think) so have become a Follower.

Continuing the creation of AllisonWonderland'z saga...