The Girls Who Grew Big
By Leila Mottley
By Leila Mottley
By Leila Mottley
By Leila Mottley
By Leila Mottley
By Leila Mottley
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$28.00
Jun 24, 2025 | ISBN 9780593801123
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Jun 24, 2025 | ISBN 9780593801130
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Jun 24, 2025 | ISBN 9798217078073
780 Minutes
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Praise
“The Girls Who Grew Big is a novel about teen pregnancy that brilliantly upends every reductive trope and platitude on the subject. With impeccable and breathtaking prose, Mottley takes us into the treacherous terrain where girlhood and womanhood collide, and where families and friendships fracture, and the lines between them blur. Simone, Adela, Emory and The Girls live out loud and are flawed, tender, and absolutely unforgettable. Mottley continues to show us the power and beauty of her pen!”—Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
“This broken world is lucky to have Leila Mottley writing in it. Like Jesmyn Ward, Kiese Laymon and Toni Cade Bambara before her, Mottley digs deep into the parts of America that many tell us to forget. In gorgeous prose, she brings to life the beauty and brutality of the Florida panhandle, and turns narratives about motherhood, girlhood and the South on their heads. Mottley is the real deal—a vital voice in the American literary tapestry, giving us a full, empathetic understanding of the parts of life the rest of culture tells us to ignore.” —Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of Libertie
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