AustLit

All Joe Deegan ever wanted was to have just one pretty fabulous day. (Preferably on a fairly regular basis.) So naturally, he come to Byron Bay seeking healing, enlightenment and a pleasant lie down - all with in earshot of some beautiful, undeveloped beach. Here, at last, he is able to concentrate on two simple but crucial ideas: that a) life is completely miraculous, and b) time is unbearably short. Indeed, Joe's master life-plan goes really well... until the occasion of his 49th birthday. In quick succession he loses his mailbox, his job, possibly his nerve, nearly drowns in the surf, and almost destroys a perfectly wonderful relationship. When it looks as though his modest fibro cottage is about to be swamped by dozens of pink and lilac cluster town houses, things start to get a bit edgy...' (Synopsis)