To The Last Gram
About the book
All orders will ship from 14 April 2025.
Book Synopsis
Through her school days, where she must negotiate a precarious balancing act between her culture and fitting in, to her teenage years where appetites must be managed to keep up appearances, to her early adulthood where responsibilities feel overwhelming, Divya journeys from feelings of emptiness to once again finding fulfilment within.
To the Last Gram is an honest and hopeful story of feeling at odds with and finding a home in one’s community, family, and body, and of the yet-unfurling journey to embrace the fullness of life.
WHY READ THIS BOOK?
• An intimate, introspective coming-of-age story of a young woman’s experience growing up with an eating disorder.
• Surreal artwork with dreamlike imagery that plays with scale and perspective to illustrate the emotional highs and lows of Divya’s journey.
• A look into how eating disorders are intertwined with race, gender, and can affect even those from a diet-free household.
• Narrated with humour and irony that acknowledges how joyful moments can also exist alongside difficult ones, Divya’s story is an honest look at the lifelong journey of living with eating disorders.
Shreya Davies
Writer
Shreya Davies has edited comics, literary fiction, and non-fiction publications. Her short stories have appeared in The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories (Vol 4) and Mahogany Journal. She never leaves home without a book in tow.
Vanessa Wong
Illustrator
Vanessa Wong is an illustrator and graphic designer who finds beauty in mundanity. Drawing inspiration from people and interactions in her daily life, she hopes to use her art to find humour in and celebrate such moments. When she isn’t drawing, you can find her somewhere, staring at nothing.
