The Spare Room
by Helen Garner | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1921520280 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1921520280 Global Overview for this book
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Journal Entry 1 by keeta1 from Whitianga, Waikato-Coromandel New Zealand on Saturday, November 4, 2017
Helen prepares her spare room for her friend Nicola, who is flying down from Sydney for a three-week visit. But this is no ordinary visit - Nicola has advanced cancer. She is coming to Melbourne to receive treatment she believes will cure her. From the moment Nicola steps off the plane, Helen becomes her nurse, her protector, her guardian angel and her stony judge. The Spare Room tells a story of compassion and rage as the two women - one sceptical, one stubbornly serene - negotiate their way through Nicola's gruelling treatments. Garner's dialogue is pitch perfect, her sense of pacing flawless as this novel draws to its terrible and transcendent finale.
A compelling read about friendship and how it's affected when one of the friends has a terminal cancer. Plus the ever raging debate about alternative versus Western medicine, is brought into play.
Journal Entry 3 by keeta1 at By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Thursday, February 1, 2018
Released 6 yrs ago (1/31/2018 UTC) at By mail / post / courier, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases
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Travelling to the winner of a sweep :)
Happy reading!
Happy reading!
Arrived here safely today. Keeta1, you are so good to me, sending an extra book to enjoy. This is the best sweepstakes ever!