Dear Aunty May PDF Download

‘I would watch him preparing it. He’d sit at the table, or kneel down on the floor with a tray upside down in front of him and that reverential expression would settle onto his face and I’d be reminded of a priest setting out the bread and wine for a communion. Chop-chop-chop with the edge of the razor-blade, his pale fingers delicate as a dancer’s, his silver puzzle-ring glinting in the light. The repetitive movements were mesmerising. Chop-chop-chop until the speed was as fine as sieved icing-sugar...’ On a warm afternoon in 1975, Anna trips while strolling along a Fulham Street. Fiery-haired Fitz, buzzing along under the effects of amphetamines, rushes to her rescue. So begins their deep and fervent relationship. At first Anna fails to realise the depth of Fitz’s addiction – until she moves in with him. Although she loves him intensely, there are times when she questions whether she can cope with the effects that the drug has on Fitz – the mood swings, the hyperactivity and the paranoia that turn him into someone she barely recognises. Dependence is a revealing novel about the destructive effects of drug addiction. It is a bittersweet love story, recounting the joys and sorrows of a poignant and loving relationship and how even the strongest love can be cruelly tested by the realities of drugs.