In an interview for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Spare Room has been praised for exploring the relationship between The story begins long after theĬharacters have already learned death will be the outcome, freeing the author toĮxplore facets of illness beyond the course of the illness itself. With a frightening diagnosis, nor is it about triumph over hardship. When Helen does remember the past, Nicola is presented as a strong, independent,īut not especially heroic woman - an appropriate, measured characterizationĬonsidering that The Spare Room isn't about bravely "coming to terms" Narrator to indulge in pity or in lengthy flashbacks of Nicola's healthier days. To stop feeling responsible for someone else's choices.Ĭancer is a disheartening subject, but the author doesn't allow her namesake That forces the patient to stop "smiling" in spite of her pain, and the hostess The demands of caretaking culminate in an intervention Or not she should warn her guest that the Theodore Institute preys on the hopes Of Vitamin C, coffee enemas and ozone saunas) while Helen struggles over whether Nicola pretends to believe in unconventional treatments (including large doses Woman determined to serve her terminally ill friend. Unfolds in the offices of an alternative health clinic and in the home of a With its limited settings, The Spare Room reads more like a play than a novel. A magical gem of a book that charts a friendship as it is tested by the threat of death
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