Sophie vanished – where did she go? For 100 years nobody knows.
A photo of 8 year old Sophie and an antique perfume bottle are found in the fireplace of an old house.
The story of a Balmain family over 170 years. Finally they uncover what happened.
Set around beautiful Sydney Harbour this is a story of this place and its people, an imagined history from early Australia to the present day
Who was Sophie and what happened to her? On buying an old weatherboard house in Balmain, Sydney, we discover her photo, dated 1900-1908, long hidden, along with a small perfume bottle in an old fireplace. Then we discover that Sophie disappeared with a childhood friend in 1908 and was never seem again, leaving a trail of sadness through generations of her family.