Pryor, Liz

Chicago, 1979. Halfway through her senior year of high school, Pryor discovers that she is pregnant-- a fact her parents are determined to keep a secret from her friends, siblings, and community forever. Driving across three states, her mother drops her off at what Liz thinks is a Catholic home for unwed mothers but is, in truth, a locked government-run facility for delinquent and impoverished pregnant teenage girls. She's alone and terrified, a fa girl from a privileged, sheltered background living amid tough, street-savvy girls who come from the foster care system or juvenile detention. As Pryor develops a bond with the other girls, she begins to question everything she once held true.

In 1979, Liz Pryor, a seventeen-year-old girl from a privileged family in the Chicago suburbs, discovers she is pregnant. Her parents are horrified and determined that none of her friends, siblings, or community ever know about it. They drive her three states away and force her into residency in a government-run facility for delinquent and impoverished pregnant teenage girls. A fish-out-of-water, Liz is forced to question everything she thought she knew about life, and comes out of the experience a changed woman.