The Resource This House of Grief, by Helen Garner
This House of Grief, by Helen Garner
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 300 p. ; 24 cm.
- Isbn
- 9781922079206
- Label
- This House of Grief
- Title
- This House of Grief
- Statement of responsibility
- by Helen Garner
- Subject
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- Mothers of murder victims -- Australia
- trueDrowning
- Custody of children -- Australia
- trueSeparated couples
- trueAustralian literature
- trueFarquharson, Robert
- Children -- Crimes against -- Australia
- trueMurder -- Australia
- trueTrue crime -- Investigations and trials
- trueFilicide
- Filicide -- Australia
- Gambino, Cindy
- Farquharson, Robert, 1969-
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- On the evening of 4 September 2005, Robert Farquharson, a separated husband, was driving his three sons home to their mother when his car plunged into a dam. The boys, aged ten, seven, and two, drowned. Was this an act of deliberate revenge or a tragic accident? The court case became Helen Garner's obsession. She was in the courtroom every day of Farquharson's trial and subsequent retrial, along with countless journalists and the families of both the accused and his former wife
- Award
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- Ned Kelly Award for Best True Crime, 2015.
- Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Non-Fiction, 2016
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Premier's Prize, 2016
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10414196
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1942-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Garner, Helen
- Dewey number
- 364.15230994
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Gambino, Cindy
- Farquharson, Robert
- Filicide
- Children
- Custody of children
- Mothers of murder victims
- Murder
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the story of a murder trial
- Label
- This House of Grief, by Helen Garner
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn876846323
- Extent
- 300 p. ; 24 cm.
- Isbn
- 9781922079206
- Isbn Type
- (Paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)876846323
- Label
- This House of Grief, by Helen Garner
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn876846323
- Extent
- 300 p. ; 24 cm.
- Isbn
- 9781922079206
- Isbn Type
- (Paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)876846323
Subject
- trueAustralian literature
- Children -- Crimes against -- Australia
- Custody of children -- Australia
- trueDrowning
- trueFarquharson, Robert
- Farquharson, Robert, 1969-
- trueFilicide
- Filicide -- Australia
- Gambino, Cindy
- Mothers of murder victims -- Australia
- trueMurder -- Australia
- trueSeparated couples
- trueTrue crime -- Investigations and trials
Genre
Included in
- trueNed Kelly Awards (Australia): Best True Crime
- trueWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards: Non-Fiction
- trueWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards: Premier's Prize
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