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Lipper, Joanna. Growing Up Fast.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)

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| September 15, 2003 | Zvirin, Stephanie | COPYRIGHT 2003 American Library Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Nov. 2003. 432p. St. Martin's/Picador, $25 (0-312-42222-9). 306.874.

Lipper, a documentary filmmaker, went to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in 1999 to make a film about some of the young women at the city's Teen Parent Program. Finding more than she could capture on film, she expanded her story into this book, which zeroes in on the lives and emotions of six teen mothers. The girls' stories are familiar--rebellion against parents; dead-end lives in a dying community; children, sexually assaulted at home, growing up looking for real love and validation. Interestingly, ...

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