One hundred days : a novel

Pung, Alice2025

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Sixteen and pregnant, Karuna finds herself trapped in her mother's Melbourne public housing apartment for one hundred days, awaiting the birth of her child - and her mother's next move in a shocking power struggle over who will raise the baby. She writes to her unborn child, so there's a record of what really happened. Karuna's pregnancy is the result of a heady whirlwind of independence, lust, and defiance - but it wasn't entirely by accident, either. Karuna's mother, already overprotective, confines her to keep her safe from the outside world - and make sure she can't get into any more trouble. Stuck inside for endless hours, Karuna battles her mother and herself for a sense of power in her own life, as a new life forms and grows within her. As the due date nears, the question of who will get to raise the baby festers between them.