The Spare Room Helen Garner Review

It was published to critical acclaim.

The spare room helen garner review.

In her native australia helen garner is known for using the material of her life as the bedrock of her novels. The spare room was published in 2008. By helen garner. 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.

She s good company good in a book. The spare room. The spare room. Reviewed by sean o beirne.

Culture books reviews the spare room by helen garner a literary revelation from the final chapter of a life. Friday 18 july 2008 00 00 morethanten total comments. 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.