'Stop dreamin', Petal, and get up. My mum's medicine is waitin'.' Jennie Scott started talking about this 'medicine' the minute she woke her guest just after dawn that morning. But what exactly was this medicine? And what was it supposed to cure? The answer to these questions unfold during a day spent talking, cooking, 'watching religion' on TV and reminiscing about the past; about memories that sustain, like a bowl of comfort food, and memories that hurt worse than any pain you could imagine. I Go Far Away Sometimes is set in Toowoomba, a regional town on the Darling Downs in Australia. It is based on a true story.