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'In this excerpt from a book about the author’s career, Bernadette Brennan looks at Garner’s bestseller The Spare Room. Was it a novel, a memoir, or both?'
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The Spare Room
Melbourne
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Text Publishing
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2008
Z1457068
2008
single work
novel
(taught in 10 units)
'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.' (Publisher's blurb)
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