Meg Gatland-Veness - When only one

‘There’s someone in the school. They’re holding something in their hands. Something terrifying’.

It’s 1987. Sam lives with his mum, dad and four brother in a small farming town and life is pretty good. He works as a lifeguard at the local surf club, is saving to buy his first car, trains with his friends for the Ironman, and on Sunday afternoons he and his family take care packages to their less fortunate neighbours. Then, five years since they last spoke, Emily Burrow climbs through his bedroom window and back into Sam’s life.

When tragedy strikes one sunny afternoon, everything they thought they knew about growing up will change and they will be forced to face adulthood head on.