The new book is a compelling and compassionate account of a pregnant teen fighting an eating disorder.
When Hedda discovers she is pregnant, she doesn’t believe she could ever look after a baby. The numbers just don’t add up. She is young and still in the grip of an eating disorder that controls every aspect of how she goes about her daily life. She’s even given her eating disorder a name – Nia. But as the days tick by, Hedda comes to a decision: she and Nia will call a truce, just until the baby is born.
Heartbreaking and hopeful by turns, Karen Gregory’s debut novel is a story of love, heartache and human resilience.
Karen Gregory wrote her first story about Bantra the mouse aged twelve, then put away the word processor until her first child was born, when she was overtaken by the urge to write. A graduate of Somerville College, Oxford, and a project coordinator by day, she’s become adept at writing around the edges. Karen lives in Wiltshire with her family.