Kirsty Capes

An accessible , moving read. Well worth your time. It's not a YA book, as some have thought, though it may appeal to YA. Bess is a 15 year old , in long term foster care. She feels her foster parents mainly have her for the money she supplies to the family. She's unpopular at school. She finds herself unexpectedly pregnant ,and feels she has no where to turn. The author does not romanticize teen pregnancy, nor the relationship she has with the baby's father. A very touching read. I gained a lot of insight into what it might be like to live as foster child, to be pregnant and alone as a teen. I loved this book and could not turn the pages fast enough.

I'm glad that the 2022 Women's Fiction Longlist brought this book to my attention.… (altro)