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Sweet adolescence
Thessaloniki, 12 April 1986
My dearest diary Jardin,
My life for the last three months has been a roller-coaster. Most of the time, I am in a super bad mood and if I happen to get a glimpse of any joy and lightness in my day, it evaporates before it has even touched ground.
A few days after my birthday and as things had become just about bearable at home, which in my book means managing to be in the same room with my parents for about five minutes, everything was quickly spoiled again. My dad had a heart attack! I was lying in my room reading my latest favourite author, Albert Camus, when my mum came in and said that they had to go to hospital because Dad was not feeling well and that she would be back as soon as she could. She came back at 6 o’clock in the mornin
