Not fat but not as thin

'I had never had to do this in my life, the sucking in, the hooking the zip into a bent wire hanger to do them up, the overspill of flesh from my previously 22 inch waist.'

Michele in Puccini with spillage

Not too long ago I rang my friend Esther, the only person I know sorta my age and sorta my size, but smaller than I am. I reckon she’s a size 4, which I used to be. I wanted to give her all my small clothing.