Mama's Song
By (Author) Ben Beaton
Walker Books Australia
Black Dog Books
1st September 2009
Australia
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Teenage pregnancy
A823.4
Paperback
208
Width 139mm, Height 207mm
270g
Georgina - a teenager, alone and pregnant - is estranged from her mother and father. When she seeks refuge in a country town, she discovers her grandmother has passed away, leaving her more alone than ever. It is here that she must come to terms with the enormity of what she faces and the new life she is now responsible for. Told with incredible insight, this is a confronting and uplifting story
Anyone reading this book will watch a child become an adult, right before their eyes. -- James Roy
Ben Beaton has taught English for the past fourteen years, and is currently the Head of Information Learning Technology at Scotch College in Western Australia. His current passion is writing. Mamas Song was inspired by the arrival of his own children, although he freely admits to not personally experiencing childbirth firsthand.