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Helen Garner

Helen Garner was born in 1942 in Geelong and educated at the University of Melbourne. She worked as a high school teacher until her first novel Monkey Grip was published in 1977. It was an instant success, winning a National Book Council award in 1978 and becoming a film in 1982. Since then she has written full-time, publishing novels, short stories, essays, journalism and long-form non-fiction. In 2006, Garner was awarded the Melbourne Prize for Literature, in 2016 the international Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction, in 2019 the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature and in 2020 the Lloyd O’Neil Award for Services to the Australian Book Industry at the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA). Most recently, Garner was awarded the 2023 ASA Medal by the Australian Society of Authors for her outstanding contribution to Australian culture.

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Title:: Cosmo Cosmolino
Written by:: Helen Garner
Read by:: Kate Hood
Format:: Unabridged CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 7
Duration:: 7 hours 41 minutes
Published:: September 28 2016
Available Date:: September 28 2016
Age Category:: Adult
ISBN:: 9781489359384
Genres:: Fiction; Australian Fiction; Contemporary Fiction
Publisher:: Bolinda audio

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Winner ASA Medal 2023

‘I will read every word [Garner] ever writes.’
The Herald Sun

‘Helen Garner writes the best sentences in Australia.’
The Bulletin

‘Garner’s prose is so very pleasant to read – dry, relaxed sentences that calmly reach out towards loveliness …'
The Guardian

This critically acclaimed work explores the themes of missed opportunities, poor decisions and the never-ending search for meaningful connections.

He straightened his spine, raised his head, and extended his gun arm towards me in a slow, vertical arc. I saw then what he was, and stood still in front of him, for he was here on business. He was a small, serious, stone-eyed angel of mercy. Janet is a skeptic, a journalist; Maxine revels in New Age fantasies; and Ray, a drifter, is a born-again Christian. The common ground is the house they share. But their fragile domestic balance is about to explode amid the smashing of ukeleles, the unexpected ascension of an angel and a sudden shower of jonquils.