You’re Not Crazy, You Have Endometriosis
A personal book about living with endometriosis, pain, care and everyday life. Includes 78 low-carb, histamine-aware recipes.
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Penny Vela
For what is on your mind. And where you want to escape.
Penny Vela writes personal non-fiction, self-help, children’s books and fantasy. About pain and boundaries, but also magical worlds and difficult choices.
Endometriosis & food
Eating well with endometriosis
Explore the evidence, low-carb cooking ideas and a book with 78 recipes. No promises of a dietary cure.
All books
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From personal questions to imagined worlds. Choose a category and find your next book.
Er is niets mis met jou
A book about bullying, its effect on self-esteem and finding support. For children, teenagers and the adults beside them.
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Sem and Noor step through a painting into a world whose colours are being stolen. A magical story about friendship and finding courage.
Read aloud from age 5 · independent reading ages 6–10
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A stone from Vietnam leads Elena towards a secret her mother kept. Julian knows more, but trusting him grows complicated as their attraction deepens.
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Limited edition · By request
The Red Thread Tarot
A tarot deck by Penny Vela inspired by Vietnamese folklore, myths and the red thread. The physical edition is limited to a maximum of 99 numbered sets.
“Different lives. Same thread.”
78cards
22Knots
56Paths
99sets, maximum
78 cards: 22 Knots and 56 Paths. With an English guidebook, presentation box and digital certificate.
About Penny
Different stories. The same author.
Penny Vela writes about endometriosis, self-esteem and relationships. Her children’s stories and fantasy explore other questions: what do you do when you are afraid, who can you trust and what does a choice cost?
- Endometriosis
- Self-insight
- Relationships & boundaries
- Bullying & resilience
- Children's stories
- Dark fantasy