Dawn O’Porter

And the whole email chain just kind of goes quiet for about 10 minutes as we're like, oh God, that is such a good name for this book.

And then the art department did a very quick turnaround and we still made the announcement on time, but with an entirely different title.

And I'm so happy we did it.

Wow.

Yeah, I think a lot of people attach themselves to something, whether it's a person or a substance or can very often be something negative, can very often be something positive.

But for me, it was food.

I just immediately turned to food as being the thing that brought me joy.

And I think that was largely wrapped around the fact that mealtimes were really distracting from all the really sad things that were happening.

And everyone, you know, you put food on the table and there is this kind of communal thing that happens where you've got something else to think about, something else to talk about.

And I really, I felt that very deeply as a child that would just kind of long for lunch or long for dinner because it would all feel a lot less awkward.

You know, my mum was very ill upstairs and then she was gone.

And so it was...

It was sad at times, but food brought this release.

And I still, you know, still to this day, if I've experienced... I'm not one of those people that loses my appetite when I'm upset.

I just have the exact... Never experienced that.

Never experienced that.

When people are like, oh, I haven't eaten because I'm stressed and upset.

I'm like, I don't know what you're talking about.

I wonder what happens.

And...