The Drop-Off

Publisher details

Authors
Fiona Harris, Mike McLeish
Publisher
Echo Publishing
Genre
Fiction
Released
28 April, 2020
ISBN
9781760686123

The Drop-Off

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Synopsis

At Baytree Primary, it's the adults who are behaving like children. Lizzie, Megan and Sam became accidental friends over good coffee, banter and wrong-world jokes at school drop off. Lizzie is a part-time midwife with four kids and a secret past. Sam is an ex-chef and stay-at-home dad with an absent, high-flying corporate wife. Megan is an ex-model single mum with a thriving online business and no time for loneliness. None of them have much interest in their school community, but when tragedy deals Baytree Primary's reputation a potentially crippling blow, this unlikely trio have to step up. Forced out of their respective comfort zones, Lizzie, Megan and Sam learn more about each other, the school and themselves than they thought possible. And it all begins at The Drop-Off.

Mike McLeish
About the author

Mike McLeish

Mike is an actor, writer, singer, musician, cabaret performer, song writer, one-time artistic director and full-time collaborator with his wife, Fiona Harris. He famously played Paul Keating in Keating! The Musical and has appeared on the telly in Utopia and Mustangs FC, and on stage in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

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Fiona Harris
About the author

Fiona Harris

Fiona is an actor/writer. She has written for television sketch comedy shows Flipside, Comedy Inc, Skithous and Prank Patrol, story consulted on The Time of Our Lives, had three books published in the Forever Clover series for Hardie Grant Egmont and directed numerous stage plays for Stage School Australia. She is also mother to two beautiful girls, who are quite partial to a bit of singing and dancing on stage!

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