The Spare Room

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Text Publishing
Publisher Place: Melbourne
Publisher Year: 2008
Edition: First Edition

Description: 195 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. The only exception is a very small mark to front cover. This 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, Stumbling Towrds The Novel's Terrible And Transcendent Finale.

Publishers Description: An extraordinary work of fiction from one of Australias best-selling and most admired writers First, in my spare room, I swivelled the bed on to a north-south axis. Isnt that supposed to align the sleeper with the planets positive energy flow, or something She would think so. I made it up nicely with a fresh fitted sheet, the pale pink one, since she had a famous feel for colour, and pink is flattering even to skin that has turned yellowish. Helen prepares her spare room for her friend Nicola, who is flying down from Sydney for a three-week visit. But this is no ordinary visit - Nicola has advanced cancer. She is coming to Melbourne to receive treatment she believes will cure her. From the moment Nicola steps off the plane, Helen becomes her nurse, her protector, her guardian angel and her stony judge. The Spare Room tells a story of compassion and rage as the two women - one sceptical, one stubbornly serene - negotiate their way through Nicolas gruelling treatments. Garners dialogue is pitch perfect, her sense of pacing flawless as this novel draws to its terrible and transcendent finale. - The Spare Room By Helen Garner (Hardback)

ISBN: 9781921351396