Liz Pryor's story is shocking, moving, riveting, and, ultimately, inspiring. She writes like a natural, can balance humor and sorrow perfectly, and in Look at You Now, has written a pitch-perfect memoir.
Darin Strauss, author of HALF A LIFE [This] memoir is heart-breaking. Narrowly focused on the five months Pryor spent in the government facility, it's a window into ... Read morethe mind of a child who feels utterly abandoned by her parents and, even more tragically, as though she deserves to have been.
Chicago Tribune
Pryor has vivid memories of her time in the facility, and her straightforward, unvarnished narrative, written as if by her seventeen-year-old self, rings true. Her story is well worth sharing.
Booklist
Pryor's refusal to bury the truth of her experiences is the greatest strength of her book. Her honesty about a youthful error and desire to let that honesty define the rest of her life are both uplifting and inspiring. An unsentimental yet moving coming-of-age memoir.
Kirkus Reviews
I devoured this in one sitting. Look At You Now is a compelling memoir about giving birth to a baby Liz is told she cannot keep. It is also a tender and finely executed meditation on daughterhood and forgiveness.
Julia Forster, author of WHAT A WAY TO GO Poignant ... Engrossing ... Readers will swiftly be drawn into the author's compassionate retelling of her teen pregnancy. This coming-of-age memoir is authentic and unforgettable.
Publisher's Weekly
[Pryor's] honesty about a youthful error and desire to let that honesty define the rest of her life are both uplifting and inspiring. An unsentimental yet moving coming-of-age memoir.
Kirkus
A subtle, graceful story about how sometimes the worst things in our lives work best to shape our characters into something shining and true, something that will serve us for the rest of our lives... I will never forget this book. I really, really loved it.
Elizabeth Berg, author of THE DREAM LOVER A poignant, often funny reminder that we learn who we are when we're at our most challenged.
Good Housekeeping
A funny, tender and brave coming-of-age tale.
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