Kate v Eckland’s debut memoir.

Anticipated launch date: late 2026.

Kate Eckland came of age as she became an orphan.

At fifteen, she lost her dad to prostate cancer after he promised her it “wasn’t anything to worry about.” Navigating school, sex, and substances while grieving her father was the most difficult thing Kate had ever had to do.

Until, two years later, her mother was diagnosed with advanced-stage ovarian cancer.

For the next five and a half years, Kate cared for her mother, all while trying to maintain her “normal” life—graduating, falling deeply in love, and moving away for university.

With raw honesty, remarkable depth, and a thread of humour throughout, Kate lays bare the unbearable truth of her adolescence and its aftermath, offering a beacon and a way forward for anyone facing the impossible.