As the three weeks of the novel progress Helen becomes increasingly angry with Nicola for denying the seriousness of her illness, forcing those around her to do emotional work on her behalf in confronting her death, and in making light of them for doing so. Helen is suspicious of the treatment and becomes more so as she sees its deleterious health effects. The cancer is considered terminal by her doctors.

A friend Nicola, who is ill with bowel cancer, comes to stay with Helen in order to pursue alternative therapy for her disease. The novel is told from the first person perspective of a woman, Helen, who lives in Melbourne near her family.

We offer a Price Match Guarantee, and QuickQuote form, to make purchasing quick and easy.The Spare Room is a 2008 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. Unlike Amazon and other retailers who may also offer The Spare Room (A Novel) books on their website, we specialize in large quantities and provide personal service, from trusted, experienced, friendly people in Portland, Oregon. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days. This book title, The Spare Room (A Novel), ISBN: 9780312428174, by Helen Garner, published by Picador (February 2, 2010) is available in paperback.

'The clear-eyed grace of her prose' in this darkly funny and unsparing novel has been hailed by Peter Carey as 'the work of a great writer.' Garlanded with awards, dazzling reviewers around the globe, The Spare Room is destined to be a modern literary classic. In her first novel in fifteen years, Helen Garner writes about the joys and limits of female friendship under the transforming pressure of illness. Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J.

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