My friends wait with anticipation for the next book by Gemmell. They like the raw honesty of her work. I’m not one of those people; however, I picked up this one because the topic was close to my heart. Essentially, Gemmell’s book is a long letter to her children justifying the choices she is making in relation to parenthood and the decision to return back to sunny ground after living in London for over ten years. I lived in England with young children and made the decision to return to Australia for many reasons. I’m going to give this book to my children to read, because Nikki has covered the emotional, the political and the financial reasons right here. In doing so, she exposes the meaning of family, the changes in Australia and the longing any parent feels to give their children the very best on offer. This is not a novel, but rather a transcript of a moment in time; and although without a plot as such, it is a love story. A good one, too!