In Monkey Grip" Helen Garner charts the lives of a generation. Her characters are exploring new ways of loving & living
- & nothing is harder than learning to love lightly. Nora & Javo are trapped in a desperate relationship. Nora's addiction is romantic love; Javo's is hard drugs. The harder they pull away the tighter the monkey grip. A lyrical gritty rough-edged novel that deserves its place as a classic of Australian fiction."