Last Days of Chez Nous & Two Friends

‘Helen Garner is an invaluable guide into harrowing territory and offers powerful and unforgettable insights.’ * Kate Atkinson on This House of Grief *‘Garner’s spare, clean style flowers into magnificent poetry.’ * Australian Book Review on This House of Grief *‘Her voice—intimate yet sharp, wry yet urgent—inspires trust.’ * Atlantic on This House of Grief *‘(Garner’s) humour and pathos shine…The stories are absorbing, the preface, quite fascinating.’ * BookMooch *‘Exceptional…Garner’s polished script believes in the power and relevance of small domestic moments.’ * LA Times *

Helen Garner writes novels, stories, screenplays and works of non-fiction. In 2006 she received the inaugural Melbourne Prize for Literature, and in 2016 she won the prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize for non-fiction and the Western Australian Premier’s Book Award. In 2019 she was honoured with the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. Her books include Monkey Grip, The Spare Room, This House of Grief and Everywhere I Look.