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Summary: It’s been nearly 40 years since the publication of Helen Garner’s Monkey Grip. Since then she’s been our foremost chronicler of the intimate lives of Australians, both in fiction and non-fiction. In Helen’s latest book, This House of Grief, she tells the true story of Robert Farquharson, who drove a car carrying his three sons into a dam. Helen sat down with Tegan Bennett Daylight to talk about the book and her long career in writing.