Jane Sinclair shares her book and ebook, ‘Shy Love Smiles and Acid Drops’ – at the Mentone Public Library. ‘An Author for All Seasons’ Series 12 on 12 November 2022. Jane Sinclair at Mentone Public Library 12 Nlovember 2022 Wow! Jane Sinclair had us all ears and wanting more when she presented at The Mentone Public Library, a tell all (or almost) book, “Shy, Love, Smile and Acid Drops.” We who merely read history were intrigued. Jane lived through it! Jane used her letters between her deceased parents that documented in 1st person the bohemian freedom of artistic world, when she accompanied her charismatic mother, Jean Langley, who was having an affair with Arthur Boyd at the time, to London. Her estranged father, John Sinclair, was a Music critic for the Evening Herald at the time. The letters document this interval in their lives from 1960 to 1962, a whirlwind of adventures mixing with the art elite of Australia and Europe, particularly the Heide Group of artists and their asso
