A review by retiredbookaholic
The Spare Room by Helen Garner

3.0

A moving novel about a woman who cares for a friend with cancer for three weeks. Nicola has cancer and has come to Melbourne for three weeks of alternative medicine treatments. She is staying with Helen. This is a short but moving story told from Helen's point of view, her feelings toward her friend, the sickness, the alternate treatments and Nicola's attitude. It's a story that explains the caregiver's feelings, trials and tribulations in caring for a terminal friend. It says all those things that many of us feel but are ashamed to admit.