The Spare Room by Helen Garner
Helen lovingly prepares her spare room for her friend Nicola. She is coming to visit for three weeks, to receive treatment she believes will cure her 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 a story of compassion, humour and rage. The two women—one sceptical, one stubbornly serene—negotiate an unmapped path through Nicola’s bizarre therapy. Garner's dialogue is pitch perfect, her sense of pacing flawless, as this novel draws to its terrible and transcendent finale.
Format: Hardback | 208 pages
Dimensions (cm): 21.9 x 14.3 x 2.3 | 376g
Publication Date: 07 Apr 2008
Publisher: Text Publishing
Publication City/Country: Melbourne, Australia
Language: English
ISBN10: 192135139X
ISBN13: 9781921351396
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. No obvious damage to the cover. The dust jacket is included and in good condition (very minor scuff marks along the edges, and very minor smudges). The majority of pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, and no highlighting of text. The title page has been inscribed with name and phone number of a previous owner, written out in black pen. No other writing in margins. No missing pages.