How to end a story : diaries volume III, 1995-1998 / Helen Garner.
Publication details: Melbourne, Victoria : The Text Publishing Company, 2021.Description: 247 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781922458179 (hardback)
- How to end a story : diaries 1995-1998
- A823.3 23
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 823.3 GAR | vol.3 | Available | 063375 |
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Helen Garner's third volume of diaries is an account of a woman fighting to hold on to a marriage that is disintegrating around her. Living with a great writer who is consumed by his work, and trying to find a place for her own spirit to thrive, she rails against the confines while desperate to find the truth in their relationship -- and the truth of her own self. This is a harrowing story, a portrait of the messy, painful, dark side of love lost, of betrayal and sadness and the sheer force of a woman's anger. But it is also a story of resilience and strength, strewn with sharp insight, moments of joy and hope, the immutable ties of motherhood and the regenerative power of a room of one's own.