Thea lives under a mountain ? one that' s ready to blow.A vet at a mid-sized rural practice, she has been called back during maternity leave and is coping ? just ? with the juggle of meetings, mealtimes, farm visits, her boss' s search for legal loopholes and the constant care of her much-loved children, Eli and Lucy.But something is shifting in Thea ? something is burning. Or is it that she is becoming aware, for the first time, of the bright, hot core at her centre?Then comes an urgent call.Ingeniously layered, Ash is a story about reckoning with one' s rage and finding marvels in the midst of chaos.