Going through a rough break-up can be a tough time for anyone.

But for one Ilford Ursuline sixth former, the end of her first relationship was a watershed moment.

The bright 18-year-old, still bearing the emotional scars of saying goodbye to someone she had loved for the first time, decided to pour her heart out in a book of poetry.

And she didn’t stop there.

The student, who writes under the pseudonym Eleni Kaur, went on to self-publish her debut poetry efforts on Amazon.

And so Good Morning to Goodnight was created, one poem at a time, as a brave teenager poured her heart into her laptop while sitting in the corner of the Starbucks, Ilford High Road.

“I guess I wanted to send a sort of message to him,” Eleni said.

“I called it Good Morning to Goodnight because he was my first proper relationship, and I had never had someone who I would wake up to good morning texts from and go to sleep after texting goodnight.

“He was my good morning to goodnight.

“I chose the name Eleni Kaur because it’s what we decided we would call our daughter.”

Eleni admitted she had been a little bit surprised by the positive reception the book has received.

“Practically all my year group have bought copies now, along with a few teachers who’ve told me they were quite impressed by it.

“The reaction’s been really good – I’ve sold 89 copies in America as well, so it’s really good to know people out there are reading my words.”

So has the man that broke Eleni’s heart – dubbed “the boy in the blue suit” in a number of the book’s entries – even read the book of poetry dedicated to him?

“I don’t think he has,” said Eleni.

“If he has he hasn’t mentioned it to me, but he wouldn’t. We don’t talk any more.

“I wanted people to read it and realise they could be strong and come through something as bad as their first real heartbreak.

“Hopefully people can read my writing and find something in it they can relate to.”