The spare room
By: Helen Garner
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Paragon
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9781408414781; 9781408414774
Subjects: Alternative treatment; Patients; Cancer; Female friendship; Large type books; Fiction
Description: Helen lives in Melbourne, and her friend Nicola flies down from Sydney for a three-week visit. She will sleep in Helen's house, in her lovingly prepared spare room. This is no ordinary visit. Nicola has advanced cancer and is seeking alternative treatment from a clinic in Helen's city. From the moment Nicola steps off the plane, gaunt, staggering like a crone, her voice hoarse but still with something grand about her, Helen becomes her nurse, her protector, her guardian angel and her stony judge.