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The spare room : a novel

A powerful, witty, and taut novel about a complex friendship between two women'one dying, the other called to care for her'from an internationally acclaimed and award-winning author How much of ourselves must we give up to help a friend in need' Helen has little idea what lies ahead'and what strength she must muster'when she offers her spare room to an old friend, Nicola, who has arrived in the city for cancer treatment. Skeptical of the medical establishment, and placing all her faith in an alternative health center, Nicola is determined to find her own way to deal with her illness, regardless of the advice Helen offers. In the weeks that follow, Nicola's battle for survival 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'gripping, moving, and unexpectedly funny'that packs a huge punch, charting a friendship as it is tested by the threat of death.

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  • "Spare room"
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  • "Als een vrouw van in de zestig een terminaal zieke vriendin te logeren krijgt, blijkt deze een dubieuze alternatieve behandeling te ondergaan."
  • "A powerful, witty, and taut novel about a complex friendship between two women'one dying, the other called to care for her'from an internationally acclaimed and award-winning author How much of ourselves must we give up to help a friend in need' Helen has little idea what lies ahead'and what strength she must muster'when she offers her spare room to an old friend, Nicola, who has arrived in the city for cancer treatment. Skeptical of the medical establishment, and placing all her faith in an alternative health center, Nicola is determined to find her own way to deal with her illness, regardless of the advice Helen offers. In the weeks that follow, Nicola's battle for survival 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'gripping, moving, and unexpectedly funny'that packs a huge punch, charting a friendship as it is tested by the threat of death."@en
  • "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 an extraordinary novel from one of Australia's most admired writers. Helen lovingly prepares her spare room for her friend Nicola. She is coming to visit, to receive treatment she believes will cure her cancer. The women negotiate an unmapped path through Nicola's gruelling therapy, stumbling towards a transcendent finale."@en
  • "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 cancer. In the weeks that follow, her battle will turn everyone's life upside down."@en
  • "Nicola, la soixantaine, est atteinte d'un cancer en phase terminale. Elle se rend à Melbourne chez son amie Helen qui doit l'héberger pendant les trois semaines de son traitement miracle. La patience d'Helen cède rapidement devant l'aveuglement de Nicola, prête à tout pour trouver un remède au mal qui la ronge."
  • "An extraordinary work of fiction from one of Australia's best-selling and most admired writers First, in my spare room, I swivelled the bed on to a north-south axis - Isn't that supposed to align the sleeper with the planet's positive energy flow, or something? She would think so - I made it up nicely with a fresh fitted sheet, the pale pink one, since she had a famous feel for colour, and pink is flattering even to skin that has turned yellowish.-Helen 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 - From the moment Nicola steps off the plane, Helen becomes her nurse, her protector, her guardian angel and her stony judge - 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."
  • "Offering a room to an old friend who is undergoing treatment for cancer, Helen finds her advice disregarded in the face of her friend's faith in alternative medicine, a situation that turns both of their lives upside-down."@en
  • "Offering a room to an old friend who is undergoing treatment for cancer, Helen finds her advice disregarded in the face of her friend's faith in alternative medicine, a situation that turns both of their lives upside-down."
  • "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."

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  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "General fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Literatura i medicina"
  • "Roman australien"
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en

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  • "The spare room : a novel"@en
  • "The spare room : a novel"
  • "The spare room"
  • "The spare room"@en
  • "The spare room a novel"
  • "The spare room a novel"@en
  • "La Habitación de invitados"
  • "De logeerkamer"
  • "空出來的房間"
  • "空出來的房間 = The spare room"
  • "O quarto de hóspedes"
  • "Gjesterommet"
  • "Kong chu lai de fang jian"
  • "La habitación de invitados"@es
  • "La habitación de invitados"
  • "La chambre d'amie : roman"
  • "Kong chu lai de fang jian = The spare room"
  • "O cuarto de invitados"
  • "La stanza degli ospiti : romanzo"
  • "La stanza degli ospiti : romanzo"@it

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