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list price: $16.95
edition:eBook
category: Fiction
published: Feb 2009
ISBN:9780887849015
publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc

The Spare Room

by Helen Garner

tagged: literary, biographical
Description

Winner of several prestigious prizes, The Spare Room is extraordinary writer Helen Garner's intense, moving investigation of the boundaries and limits of a lifelong friendship.As the novel opens, Helen lovingly prepares the spare room in her home for her dear friend Nicola, who is coming to visit for three weeks while receiving controversial treatment for late-stage cancer. From the moment Nicola staggers off the plane, gaunt and hoarse but still somehow grand, Helen becomes her nurse, her guardian angel, and her stony judge. The Spare Room tells an unforgettable story full of complex humour, rage, and compassion.

About the Author
Helen Garner has been published novels, stories, nonfiction, and journalism. She lives in Melbourne.
Awards
  • Long-listed, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
  • Short-listed, Commonwealth Writers' Prize - Best Book

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