The Mother Fault

written and directed by

Josephine Mackerras

Adapted from the novel

by Kate Mildenhall
Mim’s husband is missing. No one knows
where Ben is, but everyone wants
to find him – especially The Department. And they should know, the all-
seeing government body has fitted the entire population with a universal
tracking chip to keep them ‘safe’.

 But suddenly, Ben can’t be tracked. And

Mim is questioned, made to surrender
her passport and threatened with the
unthinkable – her two children being
taken into care at the notorious BestLife.


A ROADTRIP

Mim escapes with her two children, Essie 11yrs and Sam 6 yrs.
Travelling through the backroads across Australia.
A sea voyage to Indonesia
Sometimes terrifyingly dangerous
Mim is forced to shuck off who she was – mother, daughter, wife, sister – and become the
woman she needs to be to save her family and herself.
 THE NOVEL
'Beautiful writing, emotional depth, page-turning plot' Chris Hammer,
author of Scrublands

'Thrilling - a triumph of a novel' Jane Harper, author of The Dry

'As visionary as Margaret Atwood' J.P. Pomare

'Smart, confronting and compelling' Melanie Cheng

'A riveting thriller' Sally Piper

'A shattering lightning bolt of a book' Karen Viggers

'Beautiful' Alice Robinson

'Chillingly plausible' Australian Women's Weekly

'Fast-paced, passionately written' Big Issue

'Propelled by urgency and intrigue' Sydney Morning Herald