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Monkey Grip

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In this much-discussed novel, Helen Garner charts the lives of a generation. Her characters are exploring new ways of loving and living - and nothing is harder than learning to love lightly. Nora and Javo are trapped in a desperate relationship: the harder they pull away, the tighter the monkey grip.

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Helen Garner

Helen Garner, born in Geelong, has published critically acclaimed fiction and non-fiction since 1977. Her bestselling first novel, Monkey Grip, was followed by short story collections, screenplays and the novels The Children’s Bach and Cosmo Cosmolino. Her non-fiction work - The First Stone and more recently Joe Cinque’s Consolation - is the source of robust debate. She was recently awarded the Melbourne Prize for Literature, 2006.

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