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 The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom 

by Katherine Arnoldi

 

 

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10/99 Redbook magazine: "The Amazing Triumph of a Teenage Mom," -Joan Smith.

6/99 MS. magazine: "Katherine Arnoldi: Single Mom Super Hero"-Dylan Siegler

4/99 Bust #12 :"This book is beautiful, accessible and soulful."-Meg Weber

4/99 American Book Review :"Dada at Midnight"-Jim Feast.

2/17/99 The New York Times, "A Mother: Young Single and Heroic" -David Gonzalez

2/99 Hip Mama "If you are a teen mom or abuse survivor, it is a must-read" - Ariel Gore.

1/28/99 Tony Isabella's Online Cartoon Review: "I ended up voting it as my favorite graphic novel in the CBG Fan Awards. Yep, it's that good."

1/28/99 The Star Ledger , "Reaching for the Stars: An Author Uses Her Story to Inspire Other Single Moms"- Mark McGarrity

12/25/98 Entertainment Weekly Best of 1998: The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom was choosen as the tenth best book: "Not only did she beat back a grim fate, but the bright, redemptive way she shares her story is proof that one evocative line drawing can be worth a thousand points of psychobabble. If you're looking for a good cleansing cry--and a book that actually makes you think about the world instead of just escaping it--this is the year's best."

12/21/98 New York : "In Print: Singled Out" : "...the scary, funny, ultimately heroic story of Arnoldi's struggle to make a happy life out of a very raw deal."- Ariel Levy

12/14/98 Austin Chronicle : "I can only attribute the hot tears I shed while reading it to the power of Arnoldi's moving, triumphant story." -Roseana Auten

12/98 Redbook : "Here's the real thing: A superhero whose magic cape is faith." -Dawn Raffel

12/98 Seventeen "It's a refreshingly nonlecturey picture of what it's really like to be a teen mom."

11/18/98 Christian Science Monitor , "A Teen Mom's Path Out of Abuse" -Marilyn Gardner

11/98 Associated Press, "Single Mother Turns to Cartoons to Tell Story, HelpOthers" -Jill Priluck

11/98 Elle, "Me and My Baby," : "Arnoldi displays grit and a compassion that would be admirable in any situation, and that becomes wondrous given the harem-scarum circumstances of her painful but ultimately fruitful life." - Lisa Shea

9/18/98 Entertainment Weekly, "That's how poignant, immediate, and good it is: pictorial autobiography, redemptive fable, and purest testimony to the strength of motherly love." -AJ

9/98 MS, "This memoir in cartoon form is fast-paced, moving and entertaining."

8/17/98 Publisher's Weekly, "Teen Mom Finds Voice, Writes Book" : "Writing in affecting, straightforward prose and drawing with an awkward but powerful , child-like simplicity..." - Calvin Reid

9/98 Book Report: "A wonderfully delightful memoir that compels the heart and eye with its courage."
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The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom by Katherine Arnoldi