Resumen:
Velocity. Velocity tells the moving but often hilarious story of Mandy Sayer's childhood and adolescence, a life lived on the edges - of society, of poverty, of certainty, of love. Conceived the night her jazz musician father swallows a block of hash during a police raid, Mandy Sayer's early years are a child's paradise of laughter and music and 'grown-up' fun in steamy beer gardens. But no amount of partying can stop the breakdown of her parents' marriage, and boozy afternoons soon give way to the stark reality of life without her adored father. While her father chases his jazz dream, Mandy is dragged through a succession of public schools, single rooms and women's refuges, as her desperate mother wrestles with depression and alcoholism, searching for a willing man to take care of them. Told with a child's candor and forgiveness, and written with a clear-eyed lyrical grace, Velocity is a compelling, beguiling and vivid account of a childhood both heartbreaking and triumphant, and a singular young woman's journey to acceptance and love. |
