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EPISODE · Nov 19, 2025 · 26 MIN

Here’s what you have wrong about teen moms

from Bookends with Mattea Roach

Leila Mottley was only 17 years-old when she wrote her debut novel, Nightcrawling … and she was 20 when she became the youngest author ever to make the Booker Prize longlist. After that incredible start, Leila is now back with her second novel, called The Girls Who Grew Big. It’s about a group of young mothers who navigate growing up and raising children in a town that ostracizes them. This week, Leila joins Mattea to talk about the nuances of teen motherhood, why she’s so focused on “home” and how she handles major success at a young age.Check out these prize-winning authors:What happens to fiction in times of war? For Indigenous players, ice hockey is a ceremony of its own

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