Bibliograph

How to end a story, diaries, Helen Garner, Volume III, 1995-1998

Type

Label

How to end a story, diaries, Helen Garner, Volume III, 1995-1998

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How to end a story

Responsibility statement

Helen Garner

Sub title

diaries

Summary

The third instalment of diaries from the inimitable Helen Garner covers four eventful years in the life of one of Australia's most treasured writers. 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

Target audience

adult

Classification