Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Waller

The narrative sometimes treads into the expository, but Camille’s story is absolutely essential, as is the underlying message that girls take care of each other when no one else will. The story occasionally has the unnerving feel of a dystopia, despite taking place in the recent past: Camille travels hundreds of miles, crosses into dangerous border towns, and faces the judgment of legal and medical professionals as well as people she knows. Waller ( The Forbidden Orchid, 2016) hammers home the immense difficulties that girls in Camille’s situation face. At the last minute, despite her reservations, Bea decides to come as well. Girls on the Verge Hardcover Apby Sharon Biggs Waller (Author) 65 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 10.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 15.69 51 Used from 1.20 19 New from 7.98 1 Collectible from 38.86 Paperback 11.99 1 New from 11.99 Audio CD 22.74 2 New from 22. Desperate, Camille turns to Annabelle, a girl she admires but hardly knows, who offers to drive her to Mexico for pills that will induce an abortion. Complicating the situation are Texas’ prohibitive abortion laws: it’s a year after Senator Wendy Davis’ filibuster and Governor Rick Perry’s restrictive bill. Camille knows she can’t have a baby now, but she doesn’t want to involve her parents, and her best friend, Bea, can’t reconcile her religious views with Camille’s decision. Girls on the Verge is written by Sharon Biggs Waller and published by Henry Holt and Co.

Air from the day mixed with air from the. The wind is waving the tree branches around, and the creek rushes over a bundle of sticks and logs jammed against the side of the bank, making that babbling noise that everyone loves. Then one missed period becomes two, and Camille faces the truth: her first sexual encounter, a one-time thing, has led to pregnancy. The path opens up down a little hill and to the edge of the creek. Camille has just wrapped a successful summer with her theater troupe and is ready for a prestigious theater camp with her crush.

Girls on the Verge by Sharon Biggs Waller