Everywhere I Look, Helen Garnier

Garner is a recipient of the 2016 Wyndham-Campbell Prize for her non-fiction writings. The judges praised Garner's work as 'intelligent, lucid and often disturbing.' She brings 'acute observations and narrative skill to bear on the conflicts and tragedies of contemporary Australian life'. "[Garner] doesn't merely listen. She watches, imagines, second-guesses, empathises, agonises. Her voice—intimate yet sharp, wry yet urgent—inspires trust."— Atlantic "She writes with a profound understanding of human vulnerability, and of the subtle workings of love, memory and remorse."— Economist "Helen Garner is an invaluable guide into harrowing territory and offers powerful and unforgettable insights."—Kate Atkinson on This House of Grief 'There’s not a word wasted or out of place. Garner observes, intuits, shares and cares about the lives she writes about like no-one else. Readers will laugh, cry, squirm and gasp and wonder. It’s Garner’s unique gift as a writer, and it’s beautifully realised in Everywhere I Look .'— Books + Publishing

Spanning fifteen years of work, Everywhere I Look is a book full of unexpected moments, sudden shafts of light, piercing intuition, flashes of anger and incidental humour. It takes us from backstage at the ballet to the trial of a woman for the murder of her newborn baby. It moves effortlessly from the significance of moving house to the pleasure of re-reading Pride and Prejudice . Everywhere I Look includes Garner's famous and controversial essay on the insults of age, her deeply moving tribute to her mother and extracts from her diaries, which have been part of her working life for as long as she has been a writer. Everywhere I Look glows with insight. It is filled with the wisdom of life. Helen Garner is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction. Her novel The Spare Room was published to critical acclaim in 2010. Her work of true crime This House of Grief received international praise in 2015 and was a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year.