Memories of growing up in Australia during World War II inspire a storythat weaves in and out of imagination and reality.For two children in Melbourne, the war is distant and unreal, but, almostimperceptibly, life is changing around them. Abruptly, they findthemselves evacuated away from a loving family to harsher circumstancesin the country.Do their experiences destroy or strengthen them? Is this a memoir or isit fiction? Memories are subverted by the imagination until fact can nolonger be distinguished from fiction.