**Winner, Ned Kelly Awards, Best True Crime, 2015 A _Times Literary Supplement_ Book of the Year, 2014** On the evening of 4 September 2005, Fatherβs Day, Robert Farquharson, a separated husband, was driving his three sons home to their mother, Cindy, when his car left the road and plunged into a
This house of grief: the story of a murder trial
β Scribed by Helen Garner
- Publisher
- The Text Publishing Company
- Year
- 2014;2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Edition
- Second edition
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Winner, Ned Kelly Awards, Best True Crime, 2015
A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, 2014
On the evening of 4 September 2005, Fatherβs Day, Robert Farquharson, a separated husband, was driving his three sons home to their mother, Cindy, when his car left the road and plunged into a dam. The boys, aged ten, seven and two, drowned. Was this an act of revenge or a tragic accident? The court case became Helen Garnerβs obsession. She followed it on its protracted course until the final verdict.
In this utterly compelling book, Helen Garner tells the story of a man and his broken life. She presents the theatre of the courtroom with its actors and audience, all gathered for the purpose of bearing witness to the truth, players in the extraordinary and unpredictable drama of the quest for justice.
This House of Grief is a heartbreaking and unputdownable book by one of Australiaβs most admired writers.
Helen Garnerβ s...
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