 After the death of her beloved friend Simone Beck, Child relinquished La Pitchoune after a month long stay in June 1992 with her family, her niece, Phila, and close friend and biographer Noël Riley Fitch.She turned the keys over to Jean Fischbacher's sister, just as she and Paul had promised nearly 30 years earlier.Also in 1992, Julia spent five days in Sicily at the invitation of Regaleali Winery.