Small Miracles

He thought he must have been drunk after all as the deer crumpled up the bonnet to glance off the windscreen. It was a fairytale animal, springing from the trees on the roundabout. It had no business there,it must be a magical trick, an illusion. The dead deer is just the perfect horrible ending to a terrible day for Lainey Bannister. As she sits in her van in the gridlock she sifts through her problems, trying to find her way in the world. Just beyond her, Stella clutches her steering wheel, tired after another day finding ways to fight against the aftermath of a family tragedy. In another lane, in another van sit Scott and Smith, the best of frienemies. On another sliproad Delia ponders the battle of wills that is raging between her and her mother. From this moment their lives will wind and weave together bringing love and redemption, comfort and confrontation as around them the town goes about its dwindling business unaware that everyone in every street, is looking for their own small miracles.