Velocity

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: A&U House Of Books
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2012
Edition: First Edition

Description: 302 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Velocity tells the moving, painful but often hilarious story of Mandy Sayers childhood and adolescence, a life lived on the edges - of society, of poverty, of certainty, of love. Filled with beautifully realised descriptions of life seen through a childs eyes - a child who gradually comes to realise her adored parents are all too tragically flawed and broken - Velocity packs the emotional impact of Angelas Ashes with the surreal humour and razor-sharp observations of Running With Scissors. Against a vivid backdrop of smoky jazz bars, steamy beer gardens and a succession of lino-floored dosshouses, Sayer brings into focus those moments when the childs world and the adult world intersect, when illusions are shattered and understanding begins. Unflinchingly honest, startlingly brave and written with a clear-eyed, lyrical grace, Velocity is an ultimately uplifting story of struggle and faith against terrifying odds.

ISBN: 9781743314685