Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager (book)
Synopsis
In this book Annie, a naive 14 year old, describes her painful relationship with her boyfriend, her unexpected pregnancy, and the birth of her child. Annie pours the truth into her diary. Although I am not(and have never been)as naive as Annie is, this book opened my eyes to the facts about abusive relationships. Annie struggles over the fact that premarital sex is against her values. She loves Danny though and keeps coming back to him, even though he beats her.
When Annie discovers she is pregnant, it makes her situation go from bad to worse. Unable to face the fact for months, Annie does everything possible to keep from seeing her boyfriend. When she gets up the guts to tell her boyfriend, she is faced with the horrible truth: he never loved her at all. Annie's mother supports her mission to have her baby. But when Lil'Annie is born, Annie discovers how hard a baby is. She asks her self this question: Can she really raise her baby?
Teenage Pregnancy,
Growing up around teenage mothers, this book really helped me to understand what they are going through. Anybody, child, parent, sibling, friend, who has a teenage mother or pregnant-about-to-be mother in their life, you should definitely read this book to get a better understanding of their feelings and emotions and how they still do have options.
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