Many thanks to NetGalley and Random House | Dial Press for gifting me a digital ARC of this novel by Kate Schatz. All opinions expressed in this review are my own - 4 stars!
It's 1968, and 17-year-old Baker's future is shining bright. She's the valedictorian of her high school and will be attending Stanford in the fall, hoping to become a journalist. But then she meets Wiley at a party with her cousin and becomes pregnant. Instead of being the shining star of her family, she's now an embarrassment. She's sent to a home for unwed mothers, where she is sequestered in an old Victorian home with a group of pregnant girls.
This was an interesting book and it would make a good book club pick, with hot-button relevant topics, especially for women who came of age in this time period compared to now. Baker seemed ultra-naive about her body even for this era, and her mom was definitely worried more about appearances than anything else. Some of the scenes were heartbreaking and the end was a little over the top, but I enjoyed the book thoroughly. Be sure to read the author's note as well!
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