Sybil is the matriarch of Fairvale Station, run by her husband Joe. Their eldest son, Lachie, has left the Northern Territory and their second son, Ben, must take his brother’s place.
With her oldest friend, Rita, working for the Royal Flying Doctor Service in Alice Springs, and Ben’s English wife, Kate, finding it difficult to adjust to life at Fairvale, Sybil devises a way to give them companionship and purpose: they all love to read, and she forms a book club.
Mother-of-three Sallyanne, from the dusty town of Katherine, is invited to join them, and completing the group is Della, who left Texas looking for adventure and work on the land.
These five women are United by one need: to overcome the vast distances of Australia’s Top End with friendship, tears, laughter, books and love. Books bring them together - but friendship will transform all of their lives.
