The Spare Room Helen Garner Review

The spare room.

The spare room helen garner review.

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. In her native australia helen garner is known for using the material of her life as the bedrock of her novels. She s good company good in a book.

The spare room was published in 2008. Reviewed by sean o beirne. 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. It was published to critical acclaim.

The spare room. 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 is a shortish novel from 2008 by the australian writer helen garner.