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Marisa Parker
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Goodbye to Italia
Biographies & Memoirs
Author Insight
Caught Out in COVID
If you’re working from home #WFH, it’s likely that you, like me, have been ‘Caught Out in COVID’, that is to say, I’m at work but I don’t have my make-up on; my hair is still in it’s slanted up hairstyle from sleeping on my side; and probably, I’m still in my PJs, for the first part of the morning. I get organised a couple of hours later, when I have my mid-morning cup of tea … but it’s happened on a few occasions when I’ve been contacted by my boss on Messenger/Skype and I’m not quick enough to switch off the video (their video call). Some diversion tactics include placing the phone to my ear or a groovy close-up shot just from my nose up … ladies have to do what they can to preserve their dignity! There can, of course, be nice surprises though. My mum was taken by complete surprise one day, in the office, when my dad proposed to her in the storeroom. Not the most romantic of settings but as she recounted the event to me whilst writing this book, her eyes still misted up. Aww!
Book Excerpt
Goodbye to Italia
Iucci realises that she has brought her hand up to her throat. She stares at the diamond as it glitters provocatively. Looking at the face of the man that she loves, his pale green eyes smile up at her. His dark brown hair is brushed back from his forehead in the rakish style of the day and he looks so handsome that her breath catches in her throat.
Just as she is about to speak, a noise behind Eugenio causes both of them to look round. Il Capostazione, the station master, has walked into the room and is gawking at the sight of Eugenio down on one knee. In a trice, Eugenio stands up and slips the black box back into his pocket. Leaning forward, he pretends that he had been stooping down to rifle through some books behind Iucci. Il Capostazione mumbles some incoherent words and makes a quick exit. Eugenio and Iucci grin at each other.
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