In the remote Australian outback during World War II the emotionally stuntedchild of an English couple is befriended by equally adrift strangers. Perditabecomes... » 

In the remote Australian outback during World War II the emotionally stuntedchild of an English couple is befriended by equally adrift strangers. Perditabecomes friends with a deaf and mute boy Billy and an Aboriginal girl Mary.Perdita and Mary soon come to call one another sister and begin to share aprofound bond. They are content with life in this barren corner of the worlduntil a terrible event lays waste to their lives. Sorry explores the valuesof friendship loyalty and sacrifice with a brilliance that has earned GailJones numerous accolades. «