Honesty is always the best policy. Especially when it comes backed up by a cracking allegory
Meet Hetty the hen who just couldnt lay. Journey with her and her plucky, clucky sisters as she strives for the one thing she is desperate for above all else; a chick of her own to love.
Written from the heart, by a mother who was told at the age of 14 that she could never have children, Hetty can be enjoyed as a story about kindness and sharing in its own right, or used to open a dialogue about egg donation and IVF.
This story was written to honour the authors sisters immeasurable act of love and altruism, (as Hetty says whats in it for you? I cant give one back, although Id love to) to help her daughter understand her own story and, in the hope that it might help other Hettys, Harriets and chicks out there.
