Gifted by Patrick Evans

10:30 AM.A fictionalized account of the year and a half spent by Janet Frame at writer Frank Sargeson's house in Takapuna. Audio

10:45 AM. 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

10:45 AM. Frank Sargeson is surprised that Janet has arrived to live and write in his army hut out the back.  Audio

10:45 AM.Frank and Janet sort out their writing routines and Janet is introduced to peppers. She sets to writing with a vengeance.  Audio

10:45 AM. 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… Read more Audio

10:45 AM.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

10:45 AM.Frank thinks he's set Janet up with Lyall Neary. Her writing has dropped off and his has begun to increase. Audio

10:45 AM. Frank discovers it's Little Ben, not Lyall, who has been visiting Janet at nights on his motorbike.  Audio

10:45 AM.Lyall has told Frank that Janet is mad; in fact she's a schizophrenic.  Audio

10:45 AM. Frank asks the library for information on schizophrenia and Janet tells him she's finished writing her book.  Audio

10:45 AM.Janet has gone south to visit her family and Frank's dear friend Harry has just turned up.  Audio

10:45 AM. Frank relishes his mate Harry's return and begins to read Janet's work.  Audio

10:45 AM.Harry and Janet don't like each other which causes tensions in the Sargeson household. Audio

10:45 AM. Frank has helped Janet post off her manuscript to a South Island publisher. His friend Harry is not well..... Audio

10:45 AM.Janet has had a positive response from her publisher and Frank is left on his own again.  Audio