AustLit

'When Kate and Cameron rent a house on Border Street, they could not have imagined how their lives would become intertwined with their Czech-Australian landlords, Frank and Vera, who live next door. Kate's inquisitiveness about her neighbours soon gets the better of her and before long, the young woman and the older man have forged a strong bond that traverses their many differences - of age, of culture and of political persuasion. The more time Kate spends with Frank, the more she wants to find out about his life before arriving in Australia. As Frank gradually opens up to Kate, she begins to learn of the horrors that he has witnessed and endured. Frank's life story forces Kate to reassess some of her assumptions about his personality and his relationship with Vera, and challenges her to try to understand events beyond her own experience. When tragedy strikes Kate's own life, she starts to realise that not everything has a logical explanation.' (Publisher website)