Book Report: The Spare Room
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hadn't worked on her and that is why she is looking for new options to heal though the cancer
is already in stage four. In that institute she gets weird kind of treatments, for example
administring loads of vitamiin C which makes her sick and puts her through terrible pains.
The book describes in detail how Nicola takes care of her and how stressful that is. Nicola
often can't sleep and spends thousands of dollars on her treatment. As nothing seems to be
helping, Helena becomes suspicisious about that institute. She calls the Health Service
Commision and finds out that there have been several complains about that before. So she
decides to find a new decent doctor who could really help Nicola. They meet doctor Maloney
who lets them know that Nicola is about to die. Women are shocked and their relationship is
put through a test. Nicola decides to fly back to Sydney because she wants to die in her home
city. Helen joins her and is being very supportive