Split Seconds

Gemma has a charmed life. Her father is a QC, her mother a barrister, and the family lives in a lovely home in St. Ives, on Sydneys North Shore. They are very well off financially. She is in her first year of studying medicine at the University of New South Wales and is gaining distinctions in all her subjects. Her boyfriend, Hunter, is in his third year of legal studies. A terrible car crash shatters Gemmas world. She loses everyone dear to her and is utterly devastated. A wedding invitation sees Gemma in Cowra, in central western New South Wales. She has the chance of a new life in the countryand perhaps loveif she can manage to stand up to her domineering parents.