The Spare Room Helen Garner Review

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.

The spare room helen garner review.

She s good company good in a book. 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 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.

Friday 18 july 2008 00 00 morethanten total comments. Culture books reviews the spare room by helen garner a literary revelation from the final chapter of a life. It was published to critical acclaim. The spare room is a shortish novel from 2008 by the australian writer helen garner.

195pp canongate 12 99 i learned to wash her arse says our narrator about her incontinent cancer ridden friend as gently as i had washed my sister s and. In her native australia helen garner is known for using the material of her life as the bedrock of her novels. By helen garner.