"Have you ever felt that you had another life to live?"

Nina Yusof, 33, married schoolteacher with twin daughters, has a break-away moment and joins the Royal Australian Navy.

A warm, funny woman, loving wife and joyous mother, she struggles to cope with the intense nature of initial training. During that gruelling six months,she discovers many things about herself, endures hardship, danger and injuries, has romantic adventures (what of her marriage?) and learns to be a surprisingly straight shooter. Along the way, the friendship and support of her fellow trainees keeps her from losing her way. What will become of the youngest member of the Division and her ill-fated crush on the sexy Army changeover? How will Karen's secret finally be revealed? What is the source of Yorkie's sadness? And will Nina really lose her heart to someone as wildly unsuitable as Adam? Nina will have her hands and her heart completely full - but the feisty, freckle-faced redhead is going to be very hard to keep down