The Spare Room Helen Garner Review

It was published to critical acclaim.

The spare room helen garner review. 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. 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. By helen garner.

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

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