"[What a difference from her father's condo in Venice. Her father lives alone in comfortable and neat surroundings. The rugs are deep-pile white, the rooms light and airy, and you can hear yourself think. The apartment of her mother and stepfather, on the other hand, is noisy, cramped and cluttered. Toys belonging to her eighteen-month-old brother, Jack, litter the floor. Framed finger artworks and baby pictures fill the walls. The TV set is tuned to some children's program, and her mum, Amy, model slim and pretty, and her stepfather, Tom Gregory, are singing the "Itsy Bitsy Spider" song to Jack]"
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