Tom, now in his 40s, begins to write the memoirs of his 1960s childhood, as the little boy whose mother Rose was a glamorous Shanghai nightclub singer. When Rose meets Aussie sailor Bill, they are quickly married, and she packs up Tom and his older sister May to head for Melbourne. The marriage just as quickly breaks up and Rose moves with the kids to Sydney. After a succession of male friends and little success, in 1971 Rose moves back to Melbourne, in an uncomfortable arrangement living again with Bill – and his mother. With Bill called away to sea, Rose takes up with young Chinese cook Joe, but despair and conflicts over May's relationship with Joe tear the family further apart. Little Tom is deeply hurt, but May's ongoing conflict with her mother takes a respite when Rose tells her daughter about her traumatic teenage years.
Unfortunately the movie The Home Song Stories is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Art | Melinda Doring | Production Design |
| Directing | Tony Ayres | Director |
| Production | Michael McMahon | Producer |
| Writing | Tony Ayres | Writer |
| Sound | Antony Partos | Music |
| Editing | Denise Haratzis | Editor |
| Production | Anousha Zarkesh | Casting |
| Production | Daniel Yun | Executive Producer |
| Production | Liz Koops | Executive Producer |
| Production | Wouter Barendrecht | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael J. Werner | Executive Producer |
| Art | Glen W. Johnson | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Cappi Ireland | Costume Design |
| Production | Liz Watts | Producer |
| Directing | Paul Kiely | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Nigel Bluck | Director of Photography |
