I had to really go back there, feel all those emotions again in order to tell the story well. There were so many! It dragged up a lot of stuff that I thought I’d left firmly behind me in the past, so it was very emotional to be reminded of some of the most difficult times in my life. What emotions did you go through as the book progressed? It was always going to be a prose book until I discovered graphic novels in my early twenties – where had they been all my life?! I fell in love immediately with the language of words and pictures, and knew it was the ideal medium to express the story I wanted to tell. Honest about how hard it is, but still hopeful and encouraging that it can and does get better. I wanted to write a book that was different. Every book I picked up seemed to tell me that I’d be fighting this illness at the back of my mind for the rest of my life, or that recovery was simple: all I needed to do was think positive and snap out of it. I wanted a step-by-step guide, and I was disappointed not to find it anywhere. I wanted all the answers and I wanted to do it right. When I was first diagnosed with anorexia I went searching for a book that would tell me how to get better. Hello Katie! Can you tell us about the book, and why and how it came to be? I sat down with her over virtual tea for a bit of a chat about her book, and about her progress so far:
It was beautiful, uplifting, and most importantly – incredibly brave of her to put her story out into the world. I was curious, confused, shocked, angry – some of them all coming together in a flurry of emotions that caught me off guard as I devoured it in one sitting. I’ve known Katie online for several years now and while I knew she was working on her first graphic novel about her eating disorder – I didn’t anticipate the range of emotions that bore into me as I turned each page. Lighter Than My Shadow ( Amazon UK) is Katie Green’s first graphic novel – a tale of struggle and recovery of abuse, betrayal and awakening.
Have you ever been in a situation where you had a friend tell you a secret? A secret that they’ve been carrying all this while one that has deeply affected them – but you had no idea before?
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