Publisher's Synopsis
'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 beautiful 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, 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.
