Beyond the Horizon

The polio epidemic sweeps the world.

In the mid-1900s, children of all ages become condemned to life with the fate that invades their young bodies.

Elizabeth Kasper and Joe Pike, children at the time, meet in the hospital when suffering the tragedy of the disease.

Health and adulthood pulls them apart, but both have difficulty navigating life. Plagued with misery that the trauma of polio left behind, they lose their happiness to the misery of their childhood sickbeds.

With a childhood bond formed in the dark days of their affliction, unexpected, strange events bring the beginning threads of joy.

Judith's main passion through her life has been painting, exhibiting in Victoria through the 1970s, then through to the 2000s in Queensland. Living in Ballarat, confidence came when Judith joined her U3A writing group. Listening and learning from other writers and the encouragement that came from likeminded people allowed her stories to be finished.