“I got your gift. Might be the most beautiful gift I ever got.” The gift was a sky-blue Olivetti Studio 44 typewriter from Kath, the mother of Trent Dalton’s mate Greg. He told Greg he’d write something special on that typewriter. “Something filled with love and depth and truth and frankness”. He did! He wrote down the words of “random strangers” who “kindly, gently, wildly, courageously, beautifully” told him their love stories. We got your gift Trent Dalton.