{"product_id":"how-to-end-a-story-collected-diaries-1978-1998","title":"How to End a Story: Collected Diaries, 1978-1998","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE - For the first time ever, collected here are all three volumes of the diaries of Helen Garner, inviting readers into the world behind the novels and nonfiction of a literary force. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This is one for the introverts -- the wary and the peevish, the uncertain of their looks, taste, talent and class status . . . . [Garner's] prose is clear, honest, and economical; take it or leave it.\"--Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe name Helen Garner commands near-universal acclaim. A master of many literary forms, Garner is best known for her frank, unsparing, and intricate portraits of \"ordinary people in difficult times\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). But the inspiration for it all was her extensive collection of diaries--fastidiously kept, intricately written, and delightfully dishy, unspooling the inner lives of her insular world in bohemian Melbourne. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, for the first time, all three volumes of Garner's inimitable diaries are collected into one book. Spanning more than two decades, each finely etched volume reveals Garner like never before: a fledgling author publishing her lightning-rod debut novel in the late 70s; in the throes of a consuming affair in the late 80s; and clinging to a disintegrating marriage in the late 90s. And all the while, they bear witness to one of the world's great writers hard at work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDevastatingly honest and disarmingly funny, \u003ci\u003eHow to End a Story\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of loss, betrayal, and the sheer force of a woman's anger--but also of resilience, quotidian moments of joy, the immutable ties of motherhood, and the regenerative power of a room of one's own.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0553387499\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780553387490\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Garner, Helen, N\/A, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pantheon Books","offers":[{"title":"HardCover (Mar 2025)","offer_id":45658704707781,"sku":"9780553387490","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780553387490.jpg?v=1768902565","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/how-to-end-a-story-collected-diaries-1978-1998","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}