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First published 2008 by The Text Publishing Company
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Garner, Helen, 1942-
The spare room / Helen Garner.
ISBN: 9781921520280 (pbk.)
A823.3

The Spare Room is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters in this book and real people, living or dead, is coincidental.