'In 'Going Home' Miles Newton, a happily married successful businessman, leaving the office on this 40th birthday, catches a hint from his secretary that his wife may have plans for a surprise celebration. He drives home, but outside the brightly lit house, where the familiar circle of friends and family are concealed, waiting to explode with the inevitable greetings and happy jibes, he impulsively turns the car around.
Miles heads through the night to the country town in which he grew up, seeking to renew contact with those who were part of his youth — and perhaps, through them, with his youth itself.
A chance encounter with a young girl, hitchiking [sic], threatens to wreck not only his nostalgic homegoing, but also his relationship with his wife and children.'
Source:
'Wagstaff Playhouse', Canberra Times, 29 April 1977, p.19. View via Trove.
