It's the 1980's, and two families, the Costas and the Delaneys find themselves grappling the onslaught of life in a Melbourne suburb. Lost relationships, lost innocence and lost beauty, ubiquitous in a world where all that is precious can disappear in a moment.Two families find themselves intertwined in a complex orbital relationship, where each action triggers a reaction and events spin in seemingly uncontrollable retrograde. Down the road at the local, The Tavern Hotel, lives destined to collide intersect through the most unpredictable event. The cataclysmic unfolds in triumph and tragedy. In time, it becomes clear that we do not choose love. It is love that chooses us. Australian fiction. | Romance fiction. | Families -- Fiction. | Melbourne (Vic.) -- Fiction. | Australian