A father drives his car across a highway and into a dam, his children in the back seat. They drown, he walks away. A writer sits through the trial of this ordinary man for the murder of his three young sons, and from this tragedy, Helen Garner creates a compelling story of Australian life and death: her new book, This House of Grief. What happened behind that wheel? Can it be explained or understood?

As the legal process grinds on, she knits together a story of love, death and sadness that is impossible to resist. One of Australia’s most determined, compassionate storytellers examines why we can’t look away from what unfolds – and asks whether we should look away at all.

Helen Garner has published many works of fiction including Monkey Grip, Cosmo Cosmolino and The Children's Bach. Her fiction has won numerous awards, including the Melbourne Prize for Literature. She is also one of Australia's most respected non-fiction writers, and received a Walkley Award for journalism in 1993.

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