I never had a chance to wear the shorts or sleeveless tops I packed.
But, I thought, if I still wore the draped maternity tops, I would look fine.
On these tops, I have this 'membrane' on the back in organza, so that it seems as though it is implanted on to the skin".
I'd see how many tops I could remove each night, write down the number and try to beat it the next night.
In his book he writes that he had closed down emotionally since he was five, but "with Tops I was defenceless.
Any of the voluminous jersey tops I wore during pregnancy, I would now wear over a vest (those long, ruched maternity vests), so I could pull the outer layer up and yank the vest down to feed the bairn.
With scar-skin that is so sensitive it even seems to hiss at the Nivea, the only clothes I have been able to wear on my top half are the silk pyjama tops I bought for hospital.
Low mountain ridges sprang up from nowhere, as if pulled from a bedsheet of dry earth, and from their tops, I could gaze down on low-altitude zones of green, damp marshland.
Fast-forward three decades to my own son, Charlie, 18, raiding my wardrobe for the large Jigsaw moleskin shirt and baggy long-sleeved tops I favoured in the 1990s and which fit him perfectly since he shot past me.
There's are nine new entries here, and I loved GUN FOR HIRE, HONEYBUN (which made me think of The Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself," except that's 'honeybunch'), and THIRTY ROCK, which I think actually uses the number in the title, but I was having so much fun with Mr. Madison's knotty Saturday homage that I didn't even care.
The D.J. guides the crowd through the decades, going from the Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself" to AC/DC's "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" and the old Eddie Murphy song, "Party All the Time," getting everyone moving on the dance floor, fueled by liquor/sugar highs.
