Fake Baby

Fake Baby is a tender and funny exploration of the power of words, our perception of resilience and what it means to be real.Nine Days. One City. Three Oddballs. Stephen s dead father is threatening to destroy the world. If Stephen commits the ultimate sacrifice and throws himself into the harbour, he will save humanity. The last thing he needs is a Jehovah s Witness masquerading as a schoolboy and an admission to a mental health facility. *Jaanvi steals a life-like doll called James and cares for him as if he were her dead baby. Her husband demands she return him. But she and James have already bonded, and it s nobody s business how she decides to grieve. *Lucas, pharmacist and all-round nice guy, is having one of the worst weeks of his life. His employees forgot his birthday, his mother s gone manic, and now his favourite customer is in hospital because of a medication error he made. Can he make things right? Or is life all downhill after forty?'A darkly funny satire that's both moving and wise.' - Paula Morris