Celebrating her thirtieth birthday, Clare reflects that it is a milestone in any woman's life. Clare feels that she is in a rut both in her relationship with Robert and also in her profession as a lawyer, with a comfortable and secure lifetyle in Melbourne. Then her life changes with a surprising letter, it prompts Clare to take a holiday in a small country town and there she meets a man and a dog with the power to change her secure but humdrum life. With the security she now has with her life in Melbourne, does Clare dare to choose this alternative future? (Libraries Australia record).