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#PoetryMatters Day 28: #Trial
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#Trial
Another poem I found that I liked because it made me think.
pickA compelling and thoughtful account of trials of the murder of Joe Cinque.
My first Helen Garner book. It took me a little while to become accustomed to her style, but I appreciated her candidness and her thoughtful observations.
#Bookmail! Time‘s Echo made the #BaillieGifford2023 shortlist (winner to be announced Nov 16), Eve is the newest graphic novel from the author of Becoming Unbecoming (which I loved) and tagged is a new edition (w/forward by Sarah Weinman) of an Australian true crime classic that I cannot wait to dive into.
pick#StoryGraph: nonfiction true-crime Australia dark mysterious • 331 pages • first pub 2014 • 3.5 Stars
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. The author was fascinated with the story and attended the trial daily. A true-crime gem!
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