The Runaway is a coming of age story following sixteen-year-old Jasmine’s search for place, identity and happiness. Jasmine is prepared to leave her mother and her small town in rural Australia to escape the abuse of her mother’s boyfriend, what she’s not prepared for, is the fact that life is not as easy, nice, or forgiving as she thought, she finds out that everyone else in the world is already broken. When she accepts a lift from a stranger, Mick, an older man searching for reconnection and forgiveness within his own family, Jasmine finds herself caught up in a messy situation and very far from home. Jasmine comes to realize that running away is not the solution, she needs to face her problems head on.