Dreamtime Alice

Mandy Sayer

feb. 2020 · Bolinda · Oplæst af Casey Withoos

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13 t. og 23 min.

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I danced and danced because the neon light across the road had just blinked on, because it was the middle of spring, because I was twenty-one, because my father was playing beside me ... In this vivid, seductive, gorgeously written memoir, Mandy Sayer recounts the fascinating years she spent performing on the streets of New York and New Orleans with her father. Gerry Sayer was a jazz drummer, a beguiling Irish charmer with a million stories and an insatiable love for jam sessions and all-night parties. Mandy grew up captivated by his outrageous tales even after he left the family for good and her mother descended into the distance of drink. She learned to tap-dance and they set off together to satisfy their grand ambitions on the toughest stage in the world – New York. Driven by their dream of making it big, Mandy and Gerry arrived in the city with no place to stay and only costumes to their names. They became part of the thrilling, precarious world of street performers who eked out their livings at the mercy of the elements, the cops, complaining neighbours and lurking thieves.

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Mandy Sayer won the Australian-Vogel Award in 1989 for her novel Mood Indigo. She has written five works of fiction, edited one anthology (with another due for publication later this year), and written two memoirs, Dreamtime Alice, which won the 2000 National Biography Award and Velocity, which won the Age Non-Fiction Prize. She lives in Sydney.

Australian voice artist and actress Casey Withoos holds a Bachelor of Music (Classical Voice) from The University of Melbourne. She is perhaps best known around the country for her appearance on the inaugural season of The Voice Australia (2012). Casey is a regular cast member with Boilerhouse Theatre Company and The Mount Players where she has starred in Sweeney Todd, Spamalot, Xanadu and Les Miserables – to name a few. A highly skilled narrator, Casey has recorded over 30 audiobooks across a range of genres in just 12 months.

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