In this flat, alone, I can at last see myself as …
How to End a Story: Collected Diaries, 1978-1998
by
Helen Garner
April 5, 2026 - April 19, 2026
(memoirs, to-buy, women-and-their-dilemmas)
Garner, H. (2025). How to End a Story: Collected Diaries, 1978-1998. Pantheon.
p.807
one day I’ll be light-hearted again
p.806
being alone is the _larger_ truth
And I am also learning that there’s a kind of man…
p.797
I couldn’t believe the shit he was giving you
V says his old friend’s wife has told him she’d t…
p.795
just because I happened to run into X
We went for a walk, early. Fresh morning: glossy …
p.791
he’s never going to tell me the truth
He’s still insisting, always in the same words, l…
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