Helen becomes pregnant with her boyfriend's baby and as she is so young and distraught she does not know whom to turn to. She knows that her mother's reaction will be awful so she cannot confide in her. Her world had been turned upside down, she had planned to go to university but with a baby this will be very difficult. She becomes very depressed and so tries to end the pregnancy with a horse riding accident, however when this fails she turns to her baby, her "Nobody", and writes a series of letters that explain her feelings to it. Eventually she decides against having an abortion but still does not know what to do in the future.