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154 x 234 x 26mm
A Family, a Suicide and the Court Case that Gripped a Nation.
In the summer of 2000, the civil trial of Moran v Moran was a real-life soap opera. The Plaintiff, Kristina Moran, was repeatedly in tears as she gave and heard evidence about the wealthy family into which she had married.
Five years earlier, her husband had committed suicide. In trying to come to terms with Brendan Moran's death, his widow sued his parents, nursing-home magnates Doug and Greta Moran, and their eldest son Peter. Kristina alleged that their infliction of physical and emotional harm on Brendan ultimately led to him taking his own life. She was seeking compensation for herself and for her two young sons.
In court, the defendants sat stoically as details of Brendan's unravelling were revealed. Then the defence took the stand. This sensational trial exposed far blacker intimacies of an extraordinary family than anyone expected. Eventually settlement was reached, but not before shocking family conflicts had been uncovered.
Murray Waldren's brilliant, balanced narrative guarantees this will be one of the most discussed books of the year.
