{"product_id":"this-house-of-grief-the-story-of-a-murder-trial-helen-garner","title":"This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Editors' Choice • The engrossing true-crime classic from \"a master anatomist of ordinary people in difficult times\" (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e), that follows a man and his broken life, a community wracked by tragedy, and the long and torturous road to closure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the evening of Father’s Day, 2005, separated husband Robert Farquharson was driving his three young sons back to their mom’s house when the car veered off the road and plunged into a dam. Farquharson survived the crash, but his boys drowned. Was this a tragic accident, or an act of revenge? The court case that followed became a national obsession—a macabre parade of witnesses, family members, and the defendant himself, each forced to relive the unthinkable for an audience of millions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThis House of Grief\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, celebrated writer Helen Garner tells the definitive and deeply absorbing story of it all, from crash to final verdict. Through a panoply of perspectives, including her own as a member of the public, Garner captures the exacting procedure and brutal spectacle of Australia’s criminal justice system. The result is a richly textured portrait—of a man and his broken life, of a community wracked by tragedy, and of the long and torturous road to closure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsidered a literary institution in Australia, Helen Garner’s incisive nonfiction evokes the keen eye of the New Journalists. Brisk, candid, and never dismissive of its flawed subjects, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThis House of Grief\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a masterwork of literary journalism.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHelen Garner \u003c\/strong\u003ewas born in Geelong in 1942. She has published many works of fiction including Monkey Grip, Cosmo Cosmolino and The Children's Bach. Her fiction has won numerous awards. She is also one of Australia's most respected non-fiction writers, and received a Walkley Award for journalism in 1993.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Helen Garner","offers":[{"title":"New - Paperback","offer_id":51674426278205,"sku":null,"price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/0831\/3917\/files\/61Tsa4PxbbL._SL1500.jpg?v=1778085935","url":"https:\/\/thebookarchive.ca\/products\/this-house-of-grief-the-story-of-a-murder-trial-helen-garner","provider":"The Book Archive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}