Dance Your Way to Psychic Sex August 31, 2010
Posted by Jen in : Things to Buy , 7 commentsWhile I’ve been busy not-writing (much) over the summer, I have been filling my creative well – an essential part of maintaining output and not just an excuse to laze around reading fabulous books. No, really. It’s true. As September smiles patiently on tomorrow’s horizon with its ‘new pencils’ feel and come hither glances, I’m ready to get back into the groove. All the grooves, in fact.
While there are many things and people I could credit for re-fuelling my oomph, I think one of my favourites of August was the unusual launch of an unusual book – everything about it and its author is just really inspiring. Dance Your Way to Psychic Sex is a cracking book – everything I admire, in fact, in others’ writing. It’s quirkily mad, wonderfully odd and utterly, utterly compulsive. From the outset, the cast of misfits and oddities draw us into their bizarre but believable world.
But it’s not just the story that rocks – the most inspiring thing for me is the author. Alice Turing has really slogged to get this book published after it was originally published in Germany in 2009. I know Alice in Real Life and have been in awe of her juggling a new career with a young family – the fact that her determination has finally meant that I could *actually* read her words that were deemed not commercial enough to find a UK publisher is pretty amazing. ‘Not commercial enough’ in this case easily translates as ‘a bit too bloody interesting’. Weeks after reading Dance Your Way to Psychic Sex, I’m still fizzling with the excitement of just how fab a film it would make. I think it’s because I like the characters so much. And the fact that, beneath the most ordinary veneer of most people lies an extraordinary person. Alice Turing is one of those people too. I hope with everything I have that her hard work brings her the recognition as a writer she deserves. You should buy the book. You can get it here. For ten Great British pounds, you could hold in your hand something special and make a lovely lady’s day. (Alice, I mean, not me.) Go on. You won’t regret it. I promise.
Besides, with a title like that, just think how cool your friends will think you are when they spot it on your bookshelf.
