Helen Garner is a journalist who lives in Melbourne, Australia. She has a daughter, and became divorced while her child was still young. Her novel. “Monkey Grip” won the National Book Council Award, in Australia, and it was published in 1977.

Helen Garner was born on Nov. 7 1942, and is now 83 years old. She was once married to three husbands, but divorced all of them.

Bill Garner (m. 1967–1971)

Jean-Jacques Portail (m. 1980–1985), 

Murray Bail (m. 1992–2000).

Garner’s diaries are snippets of her entries, in her writing book. They are not daily records. Here are some of her more notable entries for 1978.

Barely 1 year after her Monkey Grip was published, she wondered if she was a one trick pony. (Garner, p. 3)

She searched and discovered her cure for her homesickness and ennui – walking. (Garner, p. 5)

She liked the crocuses and daffodils in Parc de Bagatelle. (Garner, p. 9)

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