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Hedda is 20 weeks pregnant. It was a one-night stand, so there's no father on the scene. She's 17. She's in the grip of an eating disorder and has been for years. Her best friend recently died. She's living in a grotty flat because her relationship with her parents has broken down. I think we can all agree that the situation is dire. At first, Hedda feels she can't continue with the pregnancy and begins to plan for a late-term abortion. But the baby quickens and kicks and Hedda just can't go through with it, so the plan morphs into birth and adoption. She calculates that she needs to defeat Nia - the name with which she personifies her anorexia - for 357 meals so that the baby will be healthy?.