{"product_id":"the-spare-room-helen-garner-9781921520280","title":"The Spare Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e'I see why people rave about her, I will now too.' Samantha Harvey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHelen prepares her spare room for her friend Nicola, who is flying down from Sydney for a three-week visit. But this is no ordinary visit-Nicola has advanced cancer. She is coming to Melbourne to receive treatment she believes will cure her. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment Nicola steps off the plane, Helen becomes her nurse, her protector, her guardian angel and her stony judge. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The Spare Room tells a story of compassion and rage as the two women-one sceptical, one stubbornly serene-negotiate their way through Nicola's gruelling treatments. Garner's dialogue is pitch perfect, her sense of pacing flawless as this novel draws to its terrible and transcendent finale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Helen Garner","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43176584577267,"sku":"9781921520280","price":23.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781921520280.jpg?v=1662086265","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/the-spare-room-helen-garner-9781921520280","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}