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No Dancing in the Lift, Mandy Sayer review: a vivid memoir
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ArtsHub Australia
Sayer: personal insightNo Dancing in the Lift is a vulnerable, honest and very personal insight into the final stages of Gerry’s life, with Mandy firmly by his side as he battles terminal cancer.
Sayer notes difficult times when Gerry left the family for good and her mother descended into long distance alcoholism.
No Dancing in the Lift, by Mandy Sayer, is published by Transit Lounge on 31 August 2025.
Also on ArtsHub:Excitable Boy: Essays on Risk, Dominic Gordon, reviewExcitable Boy: Essays on Risk is Melburnian Dominic Gordon’s first book.
The 13 “essays” are more like vivid snapshots of Gordon’s memories as he grew up walking the line between normality and trouble.
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