I ought to tell you at the beginning that I am not quite normal having had a violent experience
at the age of nine' Jessica Vye's 'violent experience' colours her schooldays and her reaction
to the world around her- a confining world of Order Marks wartime restrictions viyella
dresses nicely-restrained essays and dusty tea shops. For Jessica she has been told that she
is 'beyond all possible doubt' a born writer. With her inability to conform her absolute
compulsion to tell the truth and her dedication to accurately noting her experiences she knows
this anyway. But what she doesn't know is that the experiences that sustain and enrich her
burgeoning talent will one day lead to a new- and entirely unexpected- reality.
