\u003ci\u003eShe'd always imagined her song for Emilia would quietly develop, and one day she would sit at her piano or the desk, take a blank music sheet, and begin the first sweet bars.\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt did not begin like that...\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eIt's 1964 and Sandra turns 19. She is studying at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and playing piano with fellow student Billy at a jazz club. She wonders if she's still in love with Nick but he is far away, having left university to help his father on the family property during the drought.\u003cbr /\u003e \u003cbr /\u003eA letter comes from best friend Emilia that shatters their bond, and Sandra's long-promised 'Song for Emilia' becomes a storm of hatred and love for her oldest friend.