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Record Id:42315182 (Australian Library Collections) permalink
Author:Garner, Helen, 1942-
Title:The spare room / Helen Garner.
Published:Melbourne : The Text Publishing Company, 2008.
Description:195 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9781921351396 (pbk.)
LC Call Number:PR9619.3.G37.S63 2008
Dewey Number:A823.3
Summary:"In this short and powerful novel - her first work of fiction for fifteen years - one of Australia's bestselling and most admired writers tells an extraordinary story about two women. Helen lives in Melbourne, and her friend Nicola flies down from Sydney for a three-week visit. She will sleep in Helen's house, in her lovingly prepared spare room. This is no ordinary visit. Nicola has advanced cancer and is seeking alternative treatment from a clinic in Helen's city. From the moment Nicola steps off the plane, gaunt, staggering like a crone, her voice hoarse but still with something grand about her, Helen becomes her nurse, her protector, her guardian angel and her stony judge."--Provided by publisher.
Notes:Qld Premier's Literary Awards - Winner : Fiction Book Award, 2008.
Subjects:Cancer -- Treatment -- Fiction.
Friendship -- Fiction.
Melbourne (Vic.) -- Fiction.
Australian fiction
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