Monkey Grip A Novel(1st Edition)

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Helen Garner ,Lauren Groff

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ISBN: 0593470788, 978-0593470787

Book publisher: Vintage

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Book Price $0 : A BBC "100 Books That Shaped The World""[Helen Garner's] Novels Give The Impression Of Being In Sharper Focus Than Most."â??New Yorker The Novel That Launched The Career Of One Of Australiaâ??s Greatest Writers, Following The Doomed Infatuations Of A Young, Single Mother, Enthralled By The Excesses Of Late-70s MelbourneSet In Australia In The Late 1970s, Monkey Grip Follows Single Mother And Writer Nora As She Navigates The Tumultuous Cityscape Of Melbourneâ??s Bohemian Underground, Often With Her Young Daughter Gracie In Tow. When Nora Falls In Love With The Flighty Javo, She Becomes Snared In The Web Of His Addiction. And As Their Tenuous Relationship Disintegrates, Nora Struggles To Wean Herself Off A Love That Feels Impossible To Live Without.When It First Published In 1977, Monkey Grip Was Both A Sensation And A Lightning Rod. While Some Critics Praised The Upstart Garner For Her Craft, Many Scorned Her Gritty Depictions Of The Human Body And All Its Muck, Her Frankness About Sex And Drugs And The Mess Of Motherhood, And Her Unabashed Use Of Her Own Life As Inspiration. Today, Monkey Grip Is Considered A Modern Masterpiece.A Seminal Novel Of Australiaâ??s Turbulent 1970s And All It Entailedâ??communal Households, Thrumming Clubs, Friendships, Children, Love, Drugs, And Sexâ??Monkey Grip Now Makes Its Long-overdue American Debut.