Joe Cinque's Consolation | 
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.
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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.
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I don't borrow many books, but a friend pressed this one on me. It's not really a crime novel, it's about the real life murder trial of a young woman who killed her boyfriend in bizarre circumstances and how the trial and the event itself impacted on both their families. Compelling and thought provoking.
pickGarner showcases her sparse, searingly honest and deeply cutting style as she observes the inner workings of a murder trial and the terrifying grief of a family torn apart. There is no claim to objectivity in this account, instead it shines a light on the lost filtered through the devastation of the family and the writers own troubled circumstances. Garner is masterful at observing the human condition and crafting language with utter precision.
This book is so incredibly compelling I can't put it down. Must. Stop. Reading. And. Do. Some. Work.
One of my very favourite #australianauthors in Helen Garner. Her writing is so thoroughly observant of society. This one is my #LetterJ for #LitsyAtoZ and already I've stayed up way too late reading it.
pickSome writers write to create worlds, others write to seek the truth. Garner is one of the latter, and one of my favourite writers. A young law student makes a bizarre plan to murder her boyfriend after a dinner party. Garner questions how this can happen, silent bystanders, her own / our need to need to find the truth and explores why, sometimes, the truth can never be known. #lazyphotochallenge #australianlit #happybirthday Helen Garner.
Like a real life Chronicles of a Death Foretold.
When I first moved to Melbourne i joined a bookclub at the local Borders and this was one of the books we read. Today I am going to a special screening of the new movie at my favourite place to watch movies-the sun theatre
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pickGetting through my next book for Stockton Book Club super fast. One of my favourite Australian authors doing what she does best, explaining why people act the way they do.
The library at work was getting rid of duplicate books... just adding to my Helen Garner collection. My current favourite author (well, one of them anyway).
