A teenage pregnancy affects three generations in the YA novelist's moving and subtle second book for adults Teen pregnancy is a staple of young adult fiction, but Jacqueline Woodson, the author of a number of groundbreaking books for that age group, has embedded the theme in her second novel for adults. She does so in a way that's profound, moving and consistently unexpected. For a start, the scandal - and in the affluent African American milieu to which Sabe and her husband, Sammy, belong, it i...
A teenage pregnancy affects three generations in the YA novelist's moving and subtle second book for adults Teen pregnancy is a staple of young adult fiction, but Jacqueline Woodson, the author of a number of groundbreaking books for that age group, has embedded the theme in her second novel for adults. She does so in a way that's profound, moving and consistently unexpected. For a start, the scandal - and in the affluent African American milieu to which Sabe and her husband, Sammy, belong, it i...
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