This House of Grief
The Story of a Murder Trial
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Narrated by:
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Kate Hood
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By:
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Helen Garner
About this listen
This House of Grief is a heartbreaking audiobook by one of Australia's most admired authors. 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 10, 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 audiobook, 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 to witness to the truth - players in the extraordinary and unpredictable drama of the quest for justice.
©2014 Helen Garner (P)2016 BolindaWhat listeners say about This House of Grief
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- ally burgo
- 22-02-2018
Disturbing and brilliant
This is such a distressing story but incredibly well written and well performed. I couldn’t stop listening, even though I was familiar with the story. I felt like I was right there in the court room watching it play out.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-07-2020
Beautifully written
This book is so eloquently written, the detail is poetic but crucial. To the author I say you have created yet another masterpiece.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-07-2020
Great detail
A little repetitive in some aspects, but great detail.
If you heard about this and didn't get all the details, you will here. A little underwhelming however factual.
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- Rodney Wetherell
- 05-08-2016
Fine telling of sad story
Helen Garner has recreated a very long trial and retrial which few of us would have sat through. It is a fine book, very well read here.
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- Pete Shields
- 11-10-2019
The shit car was his house of grief
A harrowing and heartbreaking story. Delicately and sensitively crafted. The shitty car with the footy on the wireless and the little boys face at the window. Little ones never forgotten.
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- Ruth Turnbull
- 07-06-2024
A thoughtful re-telling and analysis of a hideous tragedy
Narration was excellent. The author was thoughtful, respectful and knowledgeable in her delivery of a story that should never have had to be written.
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- Jo
- 16-07-2020
I honestly tried
I didn’t want to start the book by disliking the narration. I tried to keep an open mind, I really did! I wanted to give the narrator a fair go but I am sorry - I have to agree the narration was hokey, over dramatic and distracted from a well-written account of an interesting trial.
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- Tiffany
- 19-11-2022
Interesting read
I started not knowing anything about this case at all. The book was informative and written well. I was interested right till the end.
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- Sue
- 05-06-2018
Difficult topic well covered
An in-depth coverage of a murder trial in modern Australia. Well written and interesting, despite the horrendous content.
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- meenah
- 04-04-2017
Sensitive analysis of a sad story
the story is a sad one, the telling of it is intriguing. As usual Garner's storytelling provides a detailed and fascinating account.
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