{"product_id":"girls-who-grew-big","title":"Girls Who Grew Big","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Written in big, beautiful prose that expands throughout the novel and leaves the reader full and satisfied ... Leila Mottley's grasp of human nature is unmatched' CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the Booker nominated, international bestseller \u003ci\u003eNightcrawling\u003c\/i\u003e: a novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a Florida beach town.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Adela Woods tells her parents she's pregnant, they immediately send her a thousand miles away to stay with her grandmother in Padua Beach. The intention is that she will leave her baby in 'the forgotten Panhandle of Florida'. and resume her suburban life nine months later as though nothing happened. But Adela's plans are soon washed away by the tide.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e First, Adela meets Emory, a new mother determined to defy the expectations of everyone around her, returning to high school with her newborn baby strapped to her chest. Then she meets Simone, ringleader of 'the Girls,' a group of young mothers who create a village together in the back of her red truck--dancing, breastfeeding, raising their children and themselves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The town thinks they've lost their way. Really, they are finding it.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But as they look for love, make and break friendships, navigate the miracle of motherhood and the paradox of girlhood, Adela, Emory and Simone also find themselves on an inescapable collision course with one another.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA novel full of heart and life and hope, set against the shifting sands of secrets and betrayals, \u003ci\u003eThe Girls Who Grew Big\u003c\/i\u003e offers an explosive new perspective on what it means to be a young woman, a daughter, and a mother.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Opens up the world of young mothers in its makeshift, sticky, struggling glory ... Sensuous, gripping and utterly believable' EMMA DONOGHUE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Girls Who Grew Big","offer_id":44963597877445,"sku":null,"price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-241-70551-3.jpg?v=1753924101","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/girls-who-grew-big","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}