The Spare Room Helen Garner Review

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The spare room helen garner review.

Friday 18 july 2008 00 00 morethanten total comments. By helen garner. The spare room was published in 2008. The spare room is a novel by australian writer helen garner set over the course of three weeks while the narrator helen cares for a friend dying of bowel cancer.

If you ve read monkey grip or the first stone or joe cinque s consolation you ll know some of the helen in the spare room. The spare room. The spare room. In her native australia helen garner is known for using the material of her life as the bedrock of her novels.

The spare room is a shortish novel from 2008 by the australian writer helen garner. All the action takes place over the course of three weeks and describes the experience of a woman in melbourne helen as she finds herself looking after a friend from sydney nicola who is dying of bowel cancer. It was published to critical acclaim.