Lost & Found meets The Rosie Project in a stunning breakout novel, where a vulnerable misfit is, forced to re-engage with the world, despite her best efforts. Meet Mercy Blain, whose house has just burnt down. Unfortunately, for Mercy, this goes beyond the disaster it would be for most people, she hasn't been outside that house for two-years now. Flung out into the world she's been studiously ignoring, Mercy goes, to the only place she can. Her not-quite-ex-husband Eugene's house. But, it turns out she can't stay there, either. And so, begins Mercy's unwilling journey. After the chance purchase of a cult classic campervan (read tiny, old and smelly), with the company of her sausage dog, Wasabi, and a mysterious box of cremated remains, Mercy heads north from Adelaide to Darwin. On the road, through badly timed breakdowns, gregarious troupes of grey nomads, and run-ins with a rogue adversary, Mercy's carefully constructed walls start crumbling. But, what was Mercy hiding from in her house? And, why is Eugene desperate to have her back in the city? They say you can't run forever... Exquisite, tender and wry, this is, a breakout novel about facing anxiety and embracing life from an extraordinary new talent

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