This House of Grief : The Story of a Murder Trial (Paperback)

from PhilipJHunt

I read Helen Garner's "Monkey Grip" only recently, but much earlier I read her narratives of alleged sexual abuse at Ormond College, and a murder in Canberra. "This House of Grief" is in the same genre as the latter. A profound, insightful and gut-churning coverage of a murder trial that happened...

from Beamis12

I am not a big true crime reader but this one has been getting some good reviews. As with anything concerning the deaths of young children, this one was heartbreaking. Would a father, just to get back at his ex-wife, actually stage an accident to murder his children? Rating a book such as this on...

from Opinionated

The murder trial in question being the trial(s) of Robert Farquharson for the murder of his 3 sons in September 2005. Unlike much of the "true crime" genre, there's very little doubt about what happened, some debate about how it happened, and perhaps a little more about doubt about why it happene...

from atticusfinch1048

This House of Grief - Real Crime This House of Grief by Helen Garner is the real account of a trial of a family man at the Supreme Court in Melbourne which besides being well written is an engrossing account of the trial. With the 24 hour news media of today I was surprised that this account was ...

from whirled

Helen Garner has proven herself one of Australia's most versatile living writers, but true crime reportage is perhaps her strongest skill. This House of Grief centres on the criminal trials of Robert Farquarson, a recently separated Victorian man who drove his three young sons into a dam during a...