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Mottley writes with unabashed reverence for these young mothers. . . valuing them on the page in all the ways they are not valued in their lives.\" \u003ci\u003e--New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Adela Woods is sixteen years old and pregnant. Her parents banish her from her comfortable upbringing in Indiana to her grandmother's home in the small town of Padua Beach, Florida. When she arrives, Adela meets Emory, who brings her newborn to high school, determined to graduate despite the odds; Simone, mother of four-year-old twins, who weighs her options when she finds herself pregnant again; and the rest of the Girls, a group of outcast young moms who raise their growing brood in the back of Simone's red truck.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The town thinks the Girls have lost their way, but really they are finding it: looking for love, making and breaking friendships, and navigating the miracle of motherhood and the paradox of girlhood.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Full of heart and life and hope, set against the shifting sands of these friends' secrets and betrayals, \u003ci\u003eThe Girls Who Grew Big\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Leila Mottley's promise and offers an explosive new perspective on what it means to be a young woman.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53448550154513,"sku":"NIN9780593686522","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780593686522.jpg?v=1776938682"},{"product_id":"girls-who-grew-big-book-leila-mottley-9798217157648","title":"The Girls Who Grew Big","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of Oprah's Book Club pick and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best seller \u003ci\u003eNightcrawling,\u003c\/i\u003e here is an astonishing new novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a small town on the Florida panhandle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Adela is sixteen years old. When she tells her parents she's pregnant, they send her from their home in Indiana to her grandmother's in Padua Beach, Florida, \"a town built on \u003ci\u003ey'all bein' good now?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ebabies havin' babies\u003c\/i\u003e, said in the rasp of a loud whisper and one polite little shake of the head.\" There, Adela meets Emory, who has a baby of her own she brings to high school, strapped to her chest; and Simone, ringleader of \"the Girls,\" young moms who hang out with their growing brood in the back of her red truck--dancing defiantly, breastfeeding, watching each other's backs. The town thinks they've lost their way, but really they are finding it: looking for love, making and breaking friendships, navigating the miracle of motherhood and the paradox of girlhood. Before long they will find themselves on a collision course with one another.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An uplifting novel, full of heart and life and hope, set against the shifting sands of these friends' secrets and betrayals, \u003ci\u003eThe Girls Who Grew Big\u003c\/i\u003e confirms Leila Mottley's promise and offers an explosive new perspective on what it means to be a young woman.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53657802408209,"sku":"NIN9798217157648","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9798217157648.jpg?v=1781423298"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-leila-mottley.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}