Mr. McCane
I’m so glad I finally got to read this book.
The setting is the year 2023 in a fictional town (Padua Beach) down south in the Florida Panhandle. Down South is where many people send their pregnant girls. This book focuses on the POVs of three of them.
First, we have Simone, an African American 20-year-old who was kicked out of her parents’ home when she was 16 because she got pregnant. She now lives in the back of her boyfriend’s truck with her twin 4-year-old daughters. She’s like a big sister to a group of other girls who are in similar situations.
Next, we have Emory. She’s a 17-year-old high school Caucasian girl with a newborn. She lives with her grandparents, and they prohibit her boyfriend from entering their home. You can probably figure out why.
And finally, we meet Adela, a mixed-race pregnant 16-year-old from a wealthy family. Her parents sent her from Indiana to live with her grandparents until she had the baby. Apparently she was “embarrassing” the family.
There are other girls in this book, but the story mainly focuses on those three. The chapters are also divided by POV, which I enjoyed.
After being abandoned, all these girls have is each other. This was a good read about sisterhood and watching them band together in a world that does not have their best interests at heart.
You may ask yourself, “Why the hell are you reading a book about pregnant teenage girls?” First, mind your damn business. I don’t like your attitude. And second, I enjoy learning about different situations people go through in life. Pregnant teenagers are a new topic for me to explore in books.
It really bothers me that parents will throw their own children out onto the streets because they got pregnant. That’s a problem. Who throws away their children and grandchildren?
I kept thinking about my wife and I situation. We were both 20 years old when she became pregnant with our first child. Although it was rough, I can’t imagine her trying to navigate that alone. It’s a cold world out there, and I’m grateful we had each other.
I immersive-read this one and enjoyed the hell out of it.
That’s two books in a row I’ve read with horrible parents. (The Darkest Child.)
I’m so glad I finally got to read this book.
The setting is the year 2023 in a fictional town (Padua Beach) down south in the Florida Panhandle. Down South is where many people send their pregnant girls. This book focuses on the POVs of three of them.
First, we have Simone, an African American 20-year-old who was kicked out of her parents’ home when she was 16 because she got pregnant. She now lives in the back of her boyfriend’s truck with her twin 4-year-old daughters. She’s like a big sister to a group of other girls who are in similar situations.
Next, we have Emory. She’s a 17-year-old high school Caucasian girl with a newborn. She lives with her grandparents, and they prohibit her boyfriend from entering their home. You can probably figure out why.
And finally, we meet Adela, a mixed-race pregnant 16-year-old from a wealthy family. Her parents sent her from Indiana to live with her grandparents until she had the baby. Apparently she was “embarrassing” the family.
There are other girls in this book, but the story mainly focuses on those three. The chapters are also divided by POV, which I enjoyed.
After being abandoned, all these girls have is each other. This was a good read about sisterhood and watching them band together in a world that does not have their best interests at heart.
You may ask yourself, “Why the hell are you reading a book about pregnant teenage girls?” First, mind your damn business. I don’t like your attitude. And second, I enjoy learning about different situations people go through in life. Pregnant teenagers are a new topic for me to explore in books.
It really bothers me that parents will throw their own children out onto the streets because they got pregnant. That’s a problem. Who throws away their children and grandchildren?
I kept thinking about my wife and I situation. We were both 20 years old when she became pregnant with our first child. Although it was rough, I can’t imagine her trying to navigate that alone. It’s a cold world out there, and I’m grateful we had each other.
I immersive-read this one and enjoyed the hell out of it.
That’s two books in a row I’ve read with horrible parents. (The Darkest Child.)