Jennifer lives shrouded in secrets on Plane Tree Drive, stuck in regret that is destroying her marriage. Alice watches on as her husband finally gives up his addictions and his family in the process. Faraj, haunted by memories from Afghanistan, slips into homelessness yet again. Meanwhile, Maurice rediscovers his mojo and brings the whole of the Drive together at his backyard gigs.Peer through the windows and doors on Plane Tree Drive to find a streetscape that is diverse,...

With stories by Suzanne McCourt, Lauren Foley, Carla Caruso, Marian Matta, Janey Runci, Susan Midalia, Kathryn Hummel, and a host of established and emerging talent, Crush puts romantic love under the microscope and finds there is no limit to the ways people fall in and out of love.'Poignant, funny and heartbreaking, these short stories delve deep into secret longings, desires and love in all its intricacies and subtleties.' Victoria Purman