Living on the outskirts of society, Shane, Moira, Midge, and young Zara and Rory are searching for shelter. When they find an abandoned bush shack, things start looking up. But fifteen year old Zara has a newborn baby that she's desperate to ignore and before long Shane is in trouble with the police. A moving and lyrical meditation on the meaning of family, for fans of John Steinbeck.

Craig Sherborne has written two memoirs, Hoi Polloi (2005) and Muck (2007), and the novel The Amateur Science of Love (2011). He has won several Australian literary awards.

Craig Sherborne’s memoir Hoi Polloi (2005) was shortlisted for the Queensland
Premier’s and Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards. The follow-up, Muck (2007),
won the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award for Non-fiction. Craig’s first novel,
The Amateur Science of Love (2011), won the Melbourne Prize for Literature’s Best
Writing Award, and was shortlisted for a Victorian Premier’s Literary Award and
a NSW Premier’s Literary Award. His writing has appeared in most of Australia’s
literary journals and anthologies.