" I start to eat it. I bite. I chew. I swallow. Eggs is chattering but Anna and Dad are silent. Watching. Practically holding their breath. ‘It’s OK,’ I say. ‘I’m not going to hide bits in my lap. I’m not going to spit it into my hankie. I’m not going to make myself sick.’ ‘Thank God!’ says Dad. ‘Oh Ellie. I can’t believe it. You’re actually eating!’ ‘I’m eating too!’ says Eggs. ‘I always eat and yet no-one makes a fuss of me. We don’t have to have special salads for Ellie every day, do we? "

― Jacqueline Wilson , Girls Under Pressure (Girls, #2)