The Girls Who Grew Big

A Novel

By: Leila Mottley

Narrated by: AhDream Smith, Erin Spencer, Khaya Fraites

From the author of Oprah's Book Club pick and New York Times bestseller Nightcrawling, here is an astonishing new novel about the joys and entanglements of a fierce group of teenage mothers in a small town on the Florida panhandle.

Adela Woods is sixteen years old and pregnant. Her parents banish her from her comfortable upbringing in Indiana to her grandmother’s home in the small town of Padua Beach, Florida. When she arrives, Adela meets Emory, who brings her newborn to high school, determined to graduate despite the odds; Simone, mother of four-year-old twins, who weighs her options when she finds herself pregnant again; and the rest of the Girls, a group of outcast young moms who raise their growing brood in the back of Simone’s red truck.

The town thinks the Girls have lost their way, but really they are finding it: looking for love, making and breaking friendships, and navigating the miracle of motherhood and the paradox of girlhood.

Full of heart and life and hope, set against the shifting sands of these friends’ secrets and betrayals, The Girls Who Grew Big confirms Leila Mottley’s promise and offers an explosive new perspective on what it means to be a young woman.

The relationship between the “Girls”

I loved the book, will be reading more of this authors books. Love a black author

Its was relatable to understand not only for teen mothers .

I liked the characters and how each was presented not only one but i felt like i knew each one.

Raw, real, beautiful, poetic

Incredibly beautiful. Raw and poetic. Highly recommended, especially for a new mother. One of the best books I’ve listened to this year. Very well narrated

Beautiful Story

I found myself needing to listen to this book at every spare moment so I could know what happened next. Such a well written and well read book, I am sad to have finished it.

Amazingly Written

This book was so beautifully written. It’s so reflective and poetic. It is an amazingly reflective look at motherhood, girlhood and society.