Yellow Notebook

Private diaries of Australia''s most revered living writer, from the publication of her debut through a decade of transformationBold, original and never one to shy away from the truth, Helen Garner''s writing has shaped Australian literature. The author has kept a diary for almost all her life. But until now, those exercise books filled with her thoughts, observations, frustrations and joys have been locked away, out of bounds, in a laundry cupboard. Finally, Garner has opened her diaries and invited readers into the world behind her novels and works of non-fiction. Recorded with frankness, humor and steel-sharpwit, these accounts of her everyday life provide an intimate insight into the work of one of Australia''s greatest living writers. Volume one, traversing 1978-1986, takes readers through Garner''s life following the publication of the seminal Australian novel Monkey Grip, to France and shows the reader a different side of the author.