This House of Grief

I enjoyed reading This House of Grief by Helen Garner, which is the "true crime" account of the murder trial of Rob Farquharson who drove in to a dam where his car was submerged.  Farquharson was on his way to his ex-wife's house to return his three young sons.  Farquharson escaped from the submerged car while his boys drowned.  The author attended all the court appearances.  The question the jurors had to decide was whether Farquharson "blacked out" after a coughing fit (the defence case) or whether he had deliberately driven the car in to the dam.  The question was never satisfactorily answered.  The author paints a picture of the courtroom and everyone in it so we see the characters in the story.  Here is a case where fact is stranger than fiction, riveting reading, harrowing, but highly recommended. 4/1/2/5