this is the story of you by beth kephart

Neither the boyfriend nor the mom are supportive AT ALL of Kenzie’s pretty brave decision to keep the baby, so her boyfriend basically deserts her to hang with their friends, and her mom ships her off to a friend’s ranch in Spain, where she has also arranged for a couple to get the baby once it is born. For a little while, Kenzie finds solace in the arms of her bff/boyfriend, Kevin, but one night winds up getting a little TOO much solace, and she gets pregnant. In a way where it was always those two against her mother they understood each other. See, she doesn’t get a long with her image-conscious mother at all, and in the aftermath of her father’s death, they are butting heads even more than usual. Kenzie is dealing with lots of emotions, and they aren’t even hormone-related. I can understand why, but SMALL DAMAGES is a very serious little book. So maybe you read that last line and are thinking of some Teen Mom kind of shenanigans. It’s really the poignant story of how a young girl slowly becomes a mother. No, the real draw of SMALL DAMAGES is the story it tells of Kenzie, and how she spends the summer after her senior year of high school pregnant, sent off to Spain by her mother. Perhaps, though, SMALL DAMAGES by Beth Kephart is heavier on the drama parts than on the travel parts, although the fact that this book is set in SPAIN–one of my favorite places–sets a great tone and provides a really incredible atmosphere. In terms of drama and adventure, you can’t get much better than that. She begins to open her eyes and her heart to the beauty that is all around her and inside of her. She is sent to southern Spain for the summer, where she will live out her pregnancy as a cook’s assistant on a bull ranch, and her baby will be adopted by a Spanish couple.Īlone and resentful in a foreign country, Kenzie is at first sullen and difficult. Kenzie’s boyfriend and mother do not understand her determination to keep the baby.

She finds solace in the one person she trusts, her boyfriend, and she soon finds herself pregnant. Summary: It’s senior year, and while Kenzie should be looking forward to prom and starting college in the fall, she is mourning the loss of her father.

This is the story of you by beth kephart