In "Monkey Grip", Helen Garner charts the lives of a generation. Her characters are exploring new ways of loving and living - and nothing is harder than learning to love lightly. Nora and Javo are trapped in a desperate relationship. Nora's addiction is romantic love; Javo's is hard drugs. The harde[...]
The author has little idea what lies ahead when she offers her spare room to an old friend of fifteen years. Nicola has arrived in city for treatment for cancer. Sceptical of medical establishment, placing all her faith in an alternative health centre, Nicola is determined to find her own way to dea[...]