In a frenzy of resentment against her husband and their hill-billy existence, Muriel McGrath bundles her two boys into the car and drives across the little-used road over Craig’s Spur en route to the bright lights of Melbourne.  She takes a tricky corner too fast and crashes.  Three year-old Tommy and ten year-old Pete miraculously escape the wreck unhurt – but with panic setting in and night falling, they wander away into the bush and are soon lost. A wide-scale search over three days takes place – the background and circumstance of each searcher and rescuer is woven into the event to provide ‘…interesting insights into human nature, community spirit (or lack of) and the “what ifs” that can mean the difference between life and death.’ (Goodreads review)