Penny Barron lives with her three children and Sid the failed farm dog on the northern beaches of Sydney. In an ideal world, Penny would have infinite time to indulge her obsessions, which include delving into the hidden magic of ancient civilizations, exploring the subtleties of the healing arts, and contemplating the deeper esoteric realities. Of course, reading from an endless and eclectic supply of books while lying in the bath sipping on kombucha would have to be a regular occurrence as well.