Dimensions
137 x 214 x 28mm
Living in the shadow of Battersea power station, Anita Mostyn decides to take a holiday from her life. As a child she is dismissed by her parents in favour of her boisterous brothers, and as an adult, her choices disapproved of u the small art gallery she works for, the friends she makes, the men she sees. Mossy u the childhood nickname that stuck u is never the 'fixed point', there are girlfriends and wives for that; instead she lives on the edges of things. On a whim she decides to take up an offer to scout for holiday properties in Bulgaria, escaping the impending second wedding of her perfect brother u and a horrifying episode in her past. With deft insight and extraordinary tenderness, Janet Davey charts the complications of family relationships, the push and pull of allegiances, as Anita navigates testing waters and little by little we begin to understand her past, and see her emerge anew. Poignant, and absurd, sharp and wry, Janet Davey's luminous writing has reached its zenith in this depiction of a woman in free fall.
