Danny Dawson lives in the middle of the Australian outback. But this year things will be different: because Jonny's gone and Danny's determined to prove he can fill his brother's shoes;When Danny's mum admits she can't cope, the family hires a housegirl to help out - a wide-eyed English backpacker.

Ali Lewis was born in rural North Yorkshire in 1976, the second of three children.Being cast as Rose Herriot in the final series of All Creatures Great and Small opened the door to a new world. After graduating from university, she went into a career in journalism, then in 2002 she left to travel the world. It was in Australia, working on an outback cattle station, that she found the inspiration for her first novel, Everybody Jam. Since her return, Ali worked as a features writer and now has moved on to work in public relations.