Seven-year-old Millie had a completely ordinary life - until one day her mother... forgot her in the supermarket. Forgot - or left it? Perhaps Millie did something wrong to her? To find answers to these questions and, of course, find her mother, the girl goes on a risky journey across Australia. Millie thinks that if she asks her mother for forgiveness, life will be the same again. However, her unexpected and unusual companions - Karl and Agatha - know that not everything is so simple. And one more thing - that no pain lasts forever, and without suffering there is no happiness...

This is an abridged version of an article published in 2012 in the TEXT: a magazine about writing and writing courses. The full article, as well as a full list of references, is available at: www.textjournal.com.au/oct12/davis.htm