The Spare Room
First hardback edition cover | |
| Author | Helen Garner |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | W. H. Chong |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Text Publishing |
Publication date | 7 April 2008 |
| Publication place | Australia |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 195 pp |
| Awards | Barbara Jefferis Award |
| ISBN | 978-1-921351-39-6 |
| Preceded by | Cosmo 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.