It is an unusual novel as it is told exclusively from the inner perspective of Helen herself. All the action takes place over the course of three weeks and describes the experience of a woman in Melbourne, Helen, as she finds herself looking after a friend from Sydney, Nicola, who is dying of bowel cancer. The Spare Room is a shortish novel from 2008 by the Australian writer Helen Garner. 'Helen Garner writes the best sentences in Australia.' 'Garner has always had a mimic's ear for dialogue and an eye for unconscious symbolism, the clothes and gestures with which we give ourselves away.' 'She is outstanding in the accuracy of her observations, the intensity of passion.her radar-sure humour.' There is not a paragraph, let alone a page, where she does not compel your attention.' 'Helen Garner is an extraordinarily good writer. In 2006 she won the Melbourne Prize for Literature. Her most recent books are The First Stone, True Stories, My Hard Heart, The Feel of Stone and Joe Cinque's Consolation. She is also one of Australia's most respected non-fiction writers, and received a Walkley Award for journalism in 1993. She has published many works of fiction including Monkey Grip, Cosmo Cosmolino and The Children's Bach. Packed with Andrea Bartz’s signature tension, twists, and toxic relationships, The Spare Room marks an edgy, boundary-pushing new direction from the “master of the ‘feminist thriller’” ( Los Angeles Times).Helen Garner was born in Geelong in 1942. But when she discovers that the last woman they invited into their marriage is missing, she starts to wonder if they could be dangerous. There, Kelly secretly finds herself falling for both her enchanting hosts-until one night, a wild and unexpected threesome leads the couple to open their marriage for her.Īt first, Kelly loves being part of this risqué new world. When Sabrina and Nathan offer Kelly an escape hatch, volunteering the spare room of their remote Virginia mansion, she jumps at the chance to run away from her old life. The only bright spot is her newly rekindled friendship with her childhood friend Sabrina-now a glamorous bestselling author with a handsome, high-powered husband. Kelly’s new life in Philadelphia has turned into a nightmare: She’s friendless and jobless, and the lockdown has her trapped in a tiny apartment with the man she gave up everything for, who’s just called off their wedding.
“Sexy, atmospheric, deliciously creepy, and ingeniously plotted: the best kind of up-all-night page-turner.”-Lucy Foley, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Apartment and The Guest List Staying with a friend and her husband is sexier-and deadlier-than anyone could have imagined, in this provocative domestic suspense novel from the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club pick We Were Never Here.
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