Mental Health

Lena is consumed by a hunger she can no longer control. Alone in her luxury apartment, she gorges herself on everything from loaves of bread to cat food, while doctors dismiss her growing distress. When Joan, a glamorous actress on the brink of stardom, moves upstairs, Lena is drawn into a world of beauty, wealth, and privilege she has always desired. But as her appetite becomes increasingly grotesque, Lena’s carefully constructed identity begins to unravel. A disturbing, darkly comic body-horror novel about invisible illness, class inequality, loneliness, and the impossible expectations placed on women.

Nineteen-year-old Gloria sees the world differently from those around her. With a learning disability and limited speech, she spends her days wandering the parks of East London, searching for companionship and small moments of happiness. Then she grows close to Jack, an unpredictable man whose attention makes her feel seen but gradually draws her into danger. Told through Gloria’s distinctive perspective, this tender, unsettling novel explores vulnerability, exploitation, and the universal need for connection.