AustLit

'After five passionate years together, lovers Dane Costello and Kayla Manning are torn apart when Dane leaves to buy milk. While Kayla is forced to fight for her life in hospital, Dane is thrown back into a world he fled from years before.

'Kayla tells her story through a series of quirky, unsent letters to Dane and relives her rollercoaster past in her childhood diaries, a past she must face if she is to survive. At the same time, Dane must confront his own violent past and the person who hates him most – the one he was once closest to – if he is to make it back to the woman he loves.

'Just Went Out For Milk is a physical and emotional journey, the raw love story of two scarred people, who long to find their place in the world.

'Will Dane make it back to Kayla? Will she be alive if he does? ' (Publication summary)