{"product_id":"how-to-end-a-story-helen-garner-9780553387490","title":"How to End a Story: Collected Diaries, 1978-1998","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor the first time ever, collected here are all three volumes of the diaries of Helen Garner--an Australian literary master, who famously pulled her greatest works straight from the pages of her own journals\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe name Helen Garner commands near-universal acclaim. A master novelist, short-story writer, and journalist, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Helen Garner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0553387499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553387490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pantheon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.13w x 2.34d","brand":"Helen Garner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46110920507647,"sku":"9780553387490","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66eec333-9a93-4267-a74d-79895fa5eb89.jpg?v=1725470151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-end-a-story-helen-garner-9780553387490","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}