'Monkey Grip, Australian writer Helen Garner’s debut work,marks a significant turning point in the history of Australian women’s writing.By placing this novel in its historical context,this essay aims to point out the affinity between female writing,counterculture movement and second-wave feminist movement.In Garner’s writing,through assimilating positive elements of the New Left and the feminist movement, avant-garde women are able to claim with pride their female subjectivity.'
Source: CAOD.