The Spare Room
by Helen Garner
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 192135139X
- ISBN 13
- 9781921351396
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Text Pub, Australia, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 195 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Text Pub., Australia, 2008. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Covers have slight soiling. Edges of boards have superficial wear. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: This is a powerful, moving and at times unexpectedly funny novel about two women and their friendship challenged by illness and the threat of death.Helen has little idea what lies ahead when she offers her spare room to an old friend of fifteen years. Nicola has arrived in the city for treatment for cancer. Sceptical of the medical establishment, placing all her faith in an alternative health centre, Nicola is determined to find her own way to deal with her illness, regardless of the advice that Helen can offer.In the weeks that follow, Nicola's battle against her cancer will turn not only her own life upside down but also those of everyone around her."The Spare Room" is a magical gem of a book that packs a huge punch, charting a friendship as it is tested by the threat of death. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Romance & Women's Fiction; ISBN/EAN: 9781921351396. Inventory No: 24050075.. 9781921351396
Synopsis
The Spare Room is a 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. The Spare Room was published in 2008.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24050075
- Title
- The Spare Room
- Author
- Helen Garner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 192135139X
- ISBN 13
- 9781921351396
- Publisher
- Text Pub
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; The Spare Room
- Bookseller catalogs
- Romance & Women's Fiction; Fiction;
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