Find out what it takes to keep the Glass Half Full, as challenging life events including grief, loss, PTSD and devastating floods, test this expat step-family to their limits.In 2007, a UK family made one of the toughest decisions of their lives, to emigrate to outback Australia, to live the Australian dream. Why was the decision so tough? Well, the family is a step-family, and leaving meant that some of the children would remain in the UK with ex-partners.After enduring a messy divorce and numerous child custody battles, Sarah Jane knew that this was their only chance of future happiness and that as a family they were making the right decisions. They worked hard and planned well to make it a success.It was everything they hoped for until life-changing events started to test the foundations of this resilient family.Using every ounce of positivity they could muster they struggled on and just when they thought the worst was over Mother Nature intervened and washed away the roots to their new life during the Brisbane floods of 2011. This book tells how this amazing woman and her courageous family fought to keep their family and their dreams intact.Here's what readers are saying about Glass Half Full: Our Australian adventure."An incredibly well-written book, full of emotion, and very descriptive. I feel I have travelled this journey with Sarah and her family.""Sometimes the author made me feel so close to her situations by her brilliant descriptions that I almost felt I had witnessed it first hand. Very clever writing.""It is amazing what people can withstand and still move forward. Their youngest was on a great adventure. As life gets in the way of happiness this couple keeps picking themselves up and moving forward. A must read for those intending to take up life in Australia or Tasmania.""With vivid descriptions of people and places, this riveting story is about a family who leave England for a better life in Australia. They carefully plan each step of their long term goals; to get permanent residency in Australia, become financially secure, and maintain a happy and healthy relationship with their large and scattered family.Glass Half Full, our Australian adventure. Everything goes as planned until a sequence of life-changing events stops them in their tracks, and then mother nature devastates their carefully laid out master plan. An amazing journey of people living life to its fullest. Inspirational!"