<p>Gideon Haigh is a prolific author, but it took him decades to write down the story closest to his heart — the life and tragic death of his brother, Jaz, who was killed in a car crash at just 17 years. But eventually, on a hot summers evening, it all came pouring out onto the page, and became his book My Brother Jaz.</p><p>Gideon Haigh's brother Jasper was 17 years old when he died in a car crash.</p><p>Until this year, Gideon and his mother were the only two people who really knew what happened to Jaz on that tragic night.</p><p>Gideon has spent decades perfecting answers to questions about his brother — answers that never invited further discussion.</p><p>This year, something peculiar happened, and in a few days, Gideon poured his pent-up recollections onto the page, to be turned into a book about the story of his brother, Jaz.</p><p>This episode of Conversations discusses sibling relationships, brothers, death, mourning, parent-child relationships, families, grief, writing, the publishing industry, car accidents, road accidents, motor vehicle accidents, autobiographies, biographies, memoirs.</p>
