Velocity tells the moving, painful 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. Filled with beautifully realised descriptions of life seen through a child's eyes - a child who gradually comes to realise her adored parents are all too tragically flawed and broken - Velocity packs the emotional impact of Angela's 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 child's 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.
Mandy Sayer
Love In The Years Of Lunacy
$32.95$27.95 – Trade paperback / Allen & Unwin
A moving, tender and compelling story of forbidden love set amid the devastation of war from the award-winning author of Dreamtime Alice.
Sydney, 1942. Pearl is eighteen, beautiful and impetuous. She plays saxophone in a... Buy or find out more →
The Australian Long Story
$39.95 – Paperback book / Hamish Hamilton
In this collection, acclaimed writer Mandy Sayer brings together nine of the best Australian examples of the long story - tales that combine the intensity of the short story with the complexity of a novel.
In these stori... Buy or find out more →
Velocity: A Memoir
$24.95 – Paperback book / Vintage
Velocity tells the moving, painful 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. Filled with beautifully realised descrip... Buy or find out more →
The Age Book of the Year Winners 2006
Friendly Fire
$0.00 – Paperback book / Giramondo Publishing
The centrepiece of Jennifer Maiden's new poetry collection is the sequence of "George Jeffreys" poems written in response to September 11 and the Iraq war. But Maiden's poetry ranges widely, from the international to the... Buy or find out more →
Dead Europe
$19.95 – Paperback book / Vintage
Powerful and shocking, Dead Europe is an exploration of what lies beneath Europe's cosmopolitan and progressive veneer - a brutal and cynical reality that is bursting at the seems with its hatreds and prejudices. Isaac, ... Buy or find out more →
Velocity: A Memoir
$24.95 – Paperback book / Vintage
Velocity tells the moving, painful 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. Filled with beautifully realised descrip... Buy or find out more →