This House of Grief

The Story of a Murder Trial

By: Helen Garner

Narrated by: Kate Hood

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 Bolinda

Excellent writing and performance!

I’m surprised that this book has less than 4.8 stars since the writing is excellent, easy to read, and yet is mature and complex (in a good way.) I’m wondering if readers are giving ratings based on the polarized content explored, but I’m going to read this again!

Riveting

Riveting from the start. Helen Garner writes beautifully and tells this tragic tale with clarity and heart.

Excellency

Very good book, well written and informative as well as well read as far as audiobooks go. It is a well written insight to an interesting case.

Ok

Well written but... Just a bit boring really, made you feel like you were stuck in court with them the whole time.

Hg is the GOAT

And fantastic reading. Loved every minute, could not stop raking, weeding, and taking out the trash.