Little Wing
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781741159509
Subjects: Young adult fiction; Teenage mothers
Description: Suffering from postpartum depression, Emily visits her grandmother to take a break from her life. As she tries to sort through her despair and self-hatred?seeing herself as a worthless teenage girl who abandoned her child?she is befriended by a stay-at-home dad and his son, Pete. Their friendships develop and Emily is able to nurture herself back from her depressive state. Poignant and hopeful, this narrative is told with an acute tenderness and reveals the reality of postpartum depression, the hardships of teenage pregnancy, and how to return to love afte.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover page; title page; copyright page; dedication; contents; one; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; two; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; three; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; four; 1; 2; 3; 4; five; 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8.