Sweet Death: A NovelOverlook Press, 1987 - 130 pages Told with dazzling narrative brilliance and the haunting power of an impassioned soliloquy, an astonishing parable of a woman's obsession of sweets and delicacies is seen. A novel of heartstopping intensity, black humor and passion not easily forgotten. |
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... fitting session in the afternoon : she has a dressmaker come to the apartment to cut out garments custom - tailored for a slim- ming silhouette , to hide my figure . Not one word , ever , about my extra pounds . From one fitting to the ...
... fitting session in the afternoon : she has a dressmaker come to the apartment to cut out garments custom - tailored for a slim- ming silhouette , to hide my figure . Not one word , ever , about my extra pounds . From one fitting to the ...
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... fitting session was canceled because of anticipated weight loss . After I left , I rushed to a pastry shop and ravenously devoured an enormous pudding chock - full of raisins . Paris in the rain . Gleaming wet sidewalks . Water ΙΟ Sweet ...
... fitting session was canceled because of anticipated weight loss . After I left , I rushed to a pastry shop and ravenously devoured an enormous pudding chock - full of raisins . Paris in the rain . Gleaming wet sidewalks . Water ΙΟ Sweet ...
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... fitting sessions in her room to make a more presentable monster of me . No more maternal duties . She'll return to the almost cinematic splendor of gala evenings at the embassy . She'll flutter around like a monarch butterfly , an ...
... fitting sessions in her room to make a more presentable monster of me . No more maternal duties . She'll return to the almost cinematic splendor of gala evenings at the embassy . She'll flutter around like a monarch butterfly , an ...
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