The Spare Room

The Spare Room
First hardback edition cover
AuthorHelen Garner
Cover artistW. H. Chong
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherText Publishing
Publication date
7 April 2008[1]
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint
Pages195 pp
AwardsBarbara Jefferis Award
ISBN978-1-921351-39-6
Preceded byCosmo Cosmolino 

The Spare Room is a 2008 novel by Australian writer Helen Garner, set over the course of three weeks while the narrator, Helen, cares for a friend dying of bowel cancer.