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'The article presents a speech given by author Helen Garner titled "How Can We Write About Darkness," delivered at the Sydney Writer's Festival on May 21, 2015. She discusses her book "This House of Grief: The Story of a Murder Trial" featuring the trials of Robert Farquharson who was accussed of drowning his three sons. She explains how human beings shield against the darkness.'
