Stuart Devenie

 Frank Sargeson is surprised that Janet has arrived to live and write in his army hut out the back.  Audio

 It's the summer of 1955 and young Janet Frame has been brought to visit Frank Sargeson . . .'the man who fathered a nation's fiction'. Audio

Frank and Janet sort out their writing routines and Janet is introduced to peppers. She sets to writing with a vengeance.  Audio

 Janet bakes cakes for Frank's party and then disappears. Frank searches her hut again and discovers a write up of a conversation he'd had at the party. She'd been listening in. He realises she has a… Audio

Frank has discovered that Janet has been writing about him, and is becoming increasingly annoyed by the fact that she's typing a lot more than he is.  Audio

Frank thinks he's set Janet up with Lyall Neary. Her writing has dropped off and his has begun to increase. Audio

 Frank discovers it's Little Ben, not Lyall, who has been visiting Janet at nights on his motorbike.  Audio

 Frank has helped Janet post off her manuscript to a South Island publisher. His friend Harry is not well..... Audio

Janet has had a positive response from her publisher and Frank is left on his own again.  Audio

Lyall has told Frank that Janet is mad; in fact she's a schizophrenic.  Audio

 Frank asks the library for information on schizophrenia and Janet tells him she's finished writing her book.  Audio

Janet has gone south to visit her family and Frank's dear friend Harry has just turned up.  Audio

 Frank relishes his mate Harry's return and begins to read Janet's work.  Audio

Harry and Janet don't like each other which causes tensions in the Sargeson household. Audio

A fictionalized account of the year and a half spent by Janet Frame at writer Frank Sargeson's house in Takapuna. Audio