Jacky Daydream

Each chapter concludes with a question for the reader that links a specific childhood memory to a parallel event or character inspiration found in her various works of fiction.

The name was a nickname given to the author by a school teacher who observed her staring out of the window during mathematics lessons instead of focusing on her work.

The narrative begins with the author's birth in 1945 and concludes during the summer she turned eleven, just before she was set to begin secondary school.