How to End a Story

Helen Garner’s How to End a Story is the latest volume of her candid diaries, offering readers an unfiltered glimpse into her life as writer, observer, and woman navigating art and aging. Garner’s voice is intimate, wry, and brutally honest, shifting seamlessly between everyday moments and existential reflections. The book grapples with questions of closure, endings, and the act of writing itself. Garner’s gift lies in her ability to make the personal universal, finding resonance in the smallest details. This installment feels both raw and quietly luminous, a testament to her enduring presence in contemporary letters.