Faces in the Water Author:Janet Frame When Janet Frame's doctor suggested that she write about her traumatic experiences in mental institutions in order to free herself from them, the result was Faces in the Water, a powerful and poignant novel. — Istina Mavet descends through increasingly desolate wards, with the threat of leucotomy ever present. As she observes her fel... more »low patients, long dismissed by hospital staff, with humour and compassion, she reveals her original and questing mind.« less