Faces in the Water
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Faces in the Water

Janet Frame
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This novel depicts the confinement of the mad and the banishment and punishment of those whose only reaction to an insane world is to enter a realm of self-creation.
Genres: FictionMental IllnessMental HealthPsychologyClassics20th CenturyLiterary FictionContemporaryLiteratureWomens
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