Honesty is always the best policy. Especially when it comes backed up by a cracking allegory...
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 author's sister's immeasurable act of love and altruism, (as Hetty says - 'what's in it for you? I can't give one back, although I'd 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.