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From Boston Phoenix:
"With a documentary and book on teenage pregnancy, Joanna Lipper has become a bona fide expert on the subject."
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From Commonwealth Magazine:
"What is society's role in this saga of young moms and dads continuing a legacy of unhappiness and dysfunction? Lipper does an excellent job of exploring how society in general and government in particular have failed to address the issue of single parenthood and its attendant issues of poverty, drug abuse, violence, and hopelessness."
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From The Boston Globe:
"...a searing, heart-rending account... a strong argument for better state funding of teen pregnancy prevention programs that have seen cuts in recent state budgets. Somebody -- an art teacher, a basketball coach, a pastor, a therapist -- has to throw lifelines to these girls before they grow up too fast in a world in which premature sex and motherhood are rites of passage."


From Salon:
"Joanna Lipper argues that...far from isolated cases...these women are part of a complex social web... Her book is a touching treatise on the role of individuality, responsibility, and luck in American society."
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