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How to End a Story

Diaries 1995-1998
By Helen Garner
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In How to End a Story, Helen Garner offers an introspective look at the challenges of a deteriorating relationship set in the mid-1990s. Through her personal diaries, she shares her candid reflections on love, creativity, and self-discovery while navigating emotional turmoil and the complexities of a crumbling connection. This memoir provides a raw and honest exploration of personal resilience and the pursuit of artistic and emotional truth.
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How to End a Story

The third instalment of diaries from the inimitable Helen Garner covers four eventful years in the life of one of Australia’s most treasured writers.

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The third instalment of diaries from the inimitable Helen Garner covers four eventful years in the life of one of Australia's most treasured writers.

How to End a Story, Helen Garner's third volume of diaries, is an account of a woman fighting to hold on to a marriage that is disintegrating around her.

Living with a powerfully ambitious writer who is consumed by his work, and trying to find a place for her own spirit to thrive, she rails against the confines. At the same time, she is desperate to find the truth in their relationship—and the truth of her own self.

This is a harrowing story, a portrait of the messy, painful, dark side of love lost, of betrayal and sadness, and the sheer force of a woman's anger. But it is also a story of resilience and strength, strewn with sharp insight, moments of joy and hope, the immutable ties of motherhood, and the regenerative power of a room of one's own.

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Helen Garner's How to End a Story has been praised for its extraordinary writing craft, combining the ordinary with profound insights. Critics commend Garner's candidness and the emotional depth she brings to her diaries, portraying the breakdown of a marriage with raw authenticity and universal relatability. Her prose is described as both compelling and healing, likened to a novel in its drama and introspective richness, offering readers a vivid window into both the author's life and broader human experience.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781922458940

Publisher: Text Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 November 2022

Country: Australia

Imprint: The Text Publishing Company

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 212g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

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.

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