This House of Grief - The Story of a Murder Trial
Author(s): Helen Garner
Anyone can see the place where the children died. You take the Princes Highway past Geelong, and keep going west in the direction of Colac. Late in August 2006, soon after I had watched a magistrate commit Robert Farquharson to stand trial before a jury on three charges of murder, I headed out that way on a Sunday morning, across the great volcanic plain.
On the evening of 4 September 2005, Father’s 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 Garner’s 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 Australia’s most admired writers.
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* Major national press, radio and television interviews * Feature reviews in all significant broadsheet and tabloid newspapers * Feature reviews in all literary journals and weekly current affairs magazines * Wide coverage in women's magazines and law journals * Wide review coverage on radio and online * Author will be a guest of major writers festivals in 2014 * Large-scale consumer marketing campaign, including airport lightwalls in Sydney and Melbourne, and broad print and online advertising * Advertisements in literary and current affairs publications such as ABR, Griffith Review and the Monthly, and on their associated websites * Online advertisements on news and current affair websites such as Guardian, Fairfax and Crikey * Significant budget for bookseller catalogues, including Christmas catalogues * Banner advertising on bookseller websites * Feature title in Text newsletters and website, including the chance to win signed copies * Strong social media campaign including dedicated Twitter, FB and Goodreads competitions * Book club notes available for download on Text's website
Winner of Ned Kelly Awards for Australian Crime Writing: Best True Crime Category 2015. Shortlisted for Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Awards: Non-Fiction 2015. Long-listed for Stella Prize 2015.
General Fields
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- : Text Publishing Company
- : Text Publishing Company
- : 0.431
- : 01 July 2015
- : 234mm X 153mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Helen Garner
- : Paperback
- : en
- : very good
- : 300
