A Message to Librarians from Author Leila Mottley | THE GIRLS WHO GREW BIG

By Maureen Meekins | March 25 2025 | Excerpts & Videos

Listen to Leila Mottley, author of THE GIRLS WHO GREW BIG, share a message to librarians.

 

The Girls Who Grew Big
The Girls Who Grew Big
A Novel
Leila Mottley

“Mottley is a dazzling writer and this novel opens up the world of young mothers in all its makeshift, sticky, struggling glory. The Girls Who Grew Big is sensuous, gripping, and utterly believable.”—Emma Donoghue, author of Room

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