The Girls Who Grew Big

byLeila Mottley

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Adela, Emory, and Simone – three young women bound by chance, motherhood, and defiance.

When Adela Woods is sent to her grandmother’s house in a forgotten Florida beach town to have her baby in secret, she expects to return home unchanged. Instead, she meets Emory, who is determined to finish school even if it means going to class with her newborn strapped to her chest. Then she meets Simone, the fearless ringleader of “the Girls,” a tribe of young mothers raising themselves alongside their children.

The town thinks they’ve lost their way. Really, they’re finding it – through friendship, love, and heartbreak under the relentless Florida sun.

But when shifting loyalties give way to betrayal, will the ties holding them together come apart?

Breathtaking and gut-punching. Mottley’s world truly won’t leave me. I think about it almost every day

Candice Carty-Williams

About Leila Mottley

Leila Mottley's first novel, Nightcrawling, was a New York Times bestseller, an Oprah's Book Club pick, and its longlisting made Leila the youngest ever Booker Prize nominee. She is the author of the poetry collection woke up no light, and was the 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate. She was born and raised in Oakland, California, where she continues to live.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9781405967969
  • Length: 320 pages
  • Price: £9.99
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