‘Have you thought what you are going to do with yourself while I’m at the conference tomorrow?’ Diamond asked. I had not been disappointed.ĭiamond spent the last part of the meal carefully dissecting her portion, taking tiny spoonfuls, her appetite at zero. And if we were going to sacrifice sleep for the cause, we at least deserved an excellent sweet reward. This meant we had gone out to dine rather than fall onto our pillows as I would have preferred. Experience told us that we should try to stay awake until a reasonable hour or our body clocks would never catch up. My sister and I had just arrived in America from Italy and were both battling really foul jetlag, the kind where your eyelids need to be propped up with matchsticks and your head feels so heavy it threatens to nod off your neck. The night my life changed began with eating a truly amazing dessert: raspberry cheesecake with dark chocolate sauce. Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly.įor my sister Jane, who paddled across Venice with me.
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