The Birthday Party
“Her limbs felt heavy, and every thought that made its way into her head was unwelcome. She didn’t feel ill. Just overwhelmed. She genuinely didn’t see the point in throwing back the duvet. She wanted to snuggle back under the protective cloak of white linen and goose-down and float away to oblivion.
There had been a hideous, horrible piece in one of the papers after Coco’s screening. An immensely unflattering photo of Delilah coming out of The Melksham looking puffy and bloated. She wasn’t ...puffy and bloated, not at all, but the camera angle, and the fact that she had had her head down, made her look as jowly as Doug the Pug. The long grey silk cardigan over wide-legged trousers that looked chicly sleek in the mirror transformed her into a ship in full sail when seen through a lens.
The strap-line had read: Who Ate All the Pies?
She knew she should brush it off. She knew she didn’t look old and fat but had been caught unawares by a photographer determined to make her look her worst, and that no effort had been made to improve her appearance.MoreLess
There had been a hideous, horrible piece in one of the papers after Coco’s screening. An immensely unflattering photo of Delilah coming out of The Melksham looking puffy and bloated. She wasn’t ...puffy and bloated, not at all, but the camera angle, and the fact that she had had her head down, made her look as jowly as Doug the Pug. The long grey silk cardigan over wide-legged trousers that looked chicly sleek in the mirror transformed her into a ship in full sail when seen through a lens.
The strap-line had read: Who Ate All the Pies?
She knew she should brush it off. She knew she didn’t look old and fat but had been caught unawares by a photographer determined to make her look her worst, and that no effort had been made to improve her appearance.MoreLess
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