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True Confessions of a Heartless Girl

Martha Brooks

Martha Brooks lives and works in Winnipeg, Canada, with her husband Brian. They have a grown daughter, Kirsten, who is also an artist as well as finishing her pre-master’s year in Anthropology.

Martha’s critically acclaimed books have found an international market, most recently Italy and Australia, and have been translated into Danish, Japanese, French and German.

Seventeen-year-old Noreen Stall seems to mess up everything she touches. She runs away from a decent home with her married stepsister to live with her boyfriend Wesley. When Noreen gets pregnant, she feels like she needs to run away again. Noreen steals Wesley's truck and money and ends up in a small town. She finds herself outside a rundown café owned by a lady named Lynda. Lynda's heart goes out to Noreen, seeing her deep hurt. Lynda's own life has been a series of struggles and disappointments. Delores Harper, an older lady who has recently experienced the loss of her adult daughter, reaches out to Noreen and helps her to open up. Noreen doesn't know what she wants to do about the baby, but she knows more than anything that she won't make a very good mother.

* life

* keep the baby

* Noreen's stepfather

* Noreen vs Wesley

* Noreen vs the town

" Everyone has low points in their life.

What defines us is the way we choose to pick ourselves back up."

"All mothers are

working mothers."

Dolores

Wesley

A small son can charm himself into,

and out of, most things.

I recommend this book

to anyone who likes to

read about troubled

teens that go through

ups and downs in life

Biting off more than you can chew

and then chew anyway.

Noreen

Seth

Lynda

"Never have children,

only grandchildren."

work cited

http://i43.tower.com/images/ss100045790/true-confessions-heartless-girl-martha-brooks-hardcover-cover-art.jpg

http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/events/youngauthors/bios/images/martha_sm.jpg

Conclusion

internal conflict

External Conflict

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