In her raw yet intensley thoughtful memoir, Evanna confronts all the complexities and contradictions within herself and reveals how she overcame a life-threatening eating disorder, began to conquer her self-hate and confronted her fear of leaving the safety of girlhood for the unpredictable journey of being a woman.
Evanna has long been viewed as a role model for recovering anorexics and the story of her casting as quirky misfit Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films after becoming pen-pals with JK Rowling has become an almost mythic tale.
In an excerpt from the book she says ''Gradually, I began to feel this dawning awareness that womanhood was coming for me, that it was looming inevitably, and it didn't feel safe... While those around me tried to expedite it, simulate it, exacerbate it, I tried to strangle it.'
She will also be appearing live at Shoreditch Town Hall on the evening of 14th October, talking about the book and revealing the pivotal moments and choices in her life that led her down a creative path, and away from the empty pursuit of perfection. The event will also be live-streamed.
'The Opposite of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy and Glory of Growing Up: A Memoir' is being published by Headline Publishing Group and available from Waterstones, Amazon and other booksellers from Thursday 14th October.
