![]() ![]() Some were stinky and didn’t taste great to others, but Jane approved, ate and gained weight producing a great effect on her blood counts.Īs a result of Jane’s progress, Cecilia asked Lizzy if she would help another patient and his brother.įood references from fiction abounded as Lizzy came up with menus and did some profiling to cater to the tastebuds of each client. She became frustrated and hurt, but then took on the challenge of finding ways to make the same dishes palatable. Lizzy cooked for Jane and her children that first night, but Jane couldn’t stomach anything after chemotherapy. But I hadn’t considered that one’s tastes in food would also change. I knew the side effects were devastatingly painful at times. I knew enough about chemotherapy to know that the medicine meant to heal kills the bad AND the good. Interestingly, I too thought to bring Jane Austen with me. ![]() I had to receive two iron infusions at two points in my adult life. I’ve sat among those who’ve had chemotherapy in an infusion center. ![]() She met nurse Cecilia whose overall description reminded me of Pauley Perrette as forensic scientist “Abby Sciuto” from “NCIS.” I found myself reading about the “red devil,” doxorubicin, and Taxol as they made trips to the infusion center that Reay called a “dystopian library.” She would take Jane to the infusion center, and they’d read Jane Austen works as Jane had treatment. And she made true friendships – even a love connection - along the way. But then Lizzy reconnected with her brother-in-law, Peter, her niece Kate, and nephew Danny. They had to work through all the years of estrangement. They brought out hurts and wounds of the past to inspect often, especially the loss of their mother. I found the reunion of the sisters hard to read. And just like she walked through the fire with her mother, Lizzy would do the same with Jane. They were named for the sisters in “Pride & Prejudice,” but their relationship looked nothing like Jane Austen’s sisters. “Lizzy and Jane” moved into a story of how two estranged sisters would need a miracle to reconcile with one another. But she named her restaurant “Feast” after something her mother said when calling them all to dinner. She left for culinary training, leaving her father to grieve alone. Lizzy and her Dad had walked through that fire with her mother’s cancer, but her mother died, and soon after Lizzy ran away to escape her old life. Her dad talked her into traveling with him to Seattle to help hold down the fort for her sister Jane while she went through chemotherapy treatments. She truly thought she’d get her mojo back with the time away. Paul gave her time away from her restaurant “Feast” to visit her family. Elizabeth had a breaking point at work and saw her career dreams dying. ![]()
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