"This story started with a curiosity about how people grow apart. It turned into a character study, a cautionary tale, and a taste of hope. The characters and the story all flowed from that question. I think it’s an important one to ask." — Marieke Bigg 🪲 A SCARAB WHERE THE HEART SHOULD BE 🪲 invites us into the mind of one of the world’s few true individuals as she embarks on her quest to streamline her life into the most perfect version it can be. Jacky McKenzie: part visionary architect, part whirlwind of furious artistic chaos, but always, unwaveringly, searingly true to herself. Dr Marieke Bigg is the author of Waiting for Ted, and This Won’t Hurt: How Medicine Fails Women. Writing across fiction and non-fiction, she deconstructs the cultural givens around bodies, minds, and identity. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, where she studied the technological transformation of human reproduction. She now lives in London. In addition to her books, Marieke...