AustLit

'The wild and beautiful coastal Great Ocean Road and the suburban family home interior come together in a story about family and the pain of a lost friendship. When Phillips's family take a sudden three-day holiday at Wye River without him, he finds himself with an unfamiliar and unexplored freedom. Time away from children disturbs the order of his universe. Time and identity are distorted by solitude. Men are prone to isolation when they crave solitude. In isolation, Phillip reveals his desperate need to connect. In a world where 'masculinity' is prefaced by the word 'toxic' Phillip's weekend alone surprises in its pre-occupations. So, Phillip goes down a path he hadn't expected. He wants to solve a mystery about a friendship with a boy named Johnson, cares for his mother, prepares food for the time when his daughters return, misses his wife, Beatrice.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.