Juliet Darling's partner, well-known art curator Nick Waterlow, was murdered by his mentally ill son in 2009. He also killed his sister Chloe at the same time. This book is Juliet's account of this event, and its aftermath in her life; her anger and grief, and her love for Nick. It can be read a little like Joan Didion's Year of Magical Thinking, I guess, how one person deals with tragedy. An account of such an event can't be other than moving, but something about this book made me very uncomfortable. There is clearly more that could be written about this tragedy; it's partly compelling because of what is not told, as much as what is. There are apparent divisions in the family about what happened and what it means, and I'm sure the existence of this book will stir some controversy in Australia.