A robust Australian saga beginning 1901. After Emilys momentous trek to safety, sensationalist reporting casts her as the Crazy Orphan. She is delivered into the hands of a psychiatrist who almost mends her broken spirit. A tale of unrelenting courage. Enjoy the enchanting beauty of the Australian bush, relish the unusual characters of inland Australia and above all become absorbed in a story incomparable unusual unique.

Barbara Hartmann King won an Australia Day Cultural Award for Coloured Sands.