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The Girl Who Couldn't Say No

"A sharp, occasionally shocking, memoir that will change how you look at young, single mothers, The Girl Who Couldn't Say No is also an amusing look at dating as a single twenty-something with a teenager and a toddler.

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Told with frank South African humour and refreshingly mature insight, Tracy Engelbrecht tells the story of how she came to find herself pregnant at 15 ... and how she coped with pregnancy, birth and homework."

Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 216 pages

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