First, in my spare room, I swivelled the bed on to a north-south axis.
The Spare Room, Helen Garner
*****
I heard this author talking about her book on radio and needed to know more. If not for the radio interview, I wouldn’t have bought a book about life’s end. But she was touching, leaving me wanting to find the book that day, buy it and read it.
There’ll be gaps in my posting for a while – I’ve moved, for a brief while, to France. But I have access to shelves of books I wouldn’t normally read, and they might have some intriguing first lines!
Helen Garner is one of my favourite authors and easily my favourite Australian author. She is someone who should write a lot more than she does.
Terry
This was a surprisingly compelling novel, though not one I would have bought with no knowledge. Yes, Helen Garner has a gift for storytelling,