The Spare Room

By Helen Garner

Subjects: Patients, Australian women writers, Literature, Fiction, general, Friendship, fiction, Amitié féminine, Médecines parallèles, Romans, nouvelles, Cancer, Female friendship, Fiction, medical, Cancéreux, Fiction, Treatment, English literature, Alternative treatment, Friendship

Description: Like Carol Shields, Joan Didion and Kate Grenville in previous years, Helen Garner is a bestselling writer waiting to be discovered by a British audience. The Spare Room is an electrifying novel about the distance a friendship must travel, and the depths it must plumb, when confronted by the threat of death. It is full of wisdom, dark laughter and truth. Prizes for The Spare Room: - Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction - Queensland Premier’s Award for Fiction - Barbara Jefferis Award - Shortlisted, WA Premier’s Awards, 2008 - Shortlisted, NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction - Shortlisted, Commonwealth Writers’ Prize - Shortlisted, Australian Literary Society Gold Medal - Shortlisted, Colin Roderick Award