Look at you now ─ My Journey from Shame to Strength

The author describes her experience hidden away by her wealthy Chicago parents in a dreary government facility for impoverished pregnant teens after she discovered she was accidentally expecting at age 17 in 1979. Reading-group guide available.

Liz Pryor was raised in a small suburb outside Chicago, the fifth of seven children. Her first book,What Did I Do Wrong?, about female friendship, was a finalist for a Books for a Better Life Award. In 2011, ABC’sGood Morning America conducted a national search for a life advice guru; among fifteen thousand applicants, Pryor was chosen for the position, signing a two-year contract to contribute on-air and online. Currently, she speaks across the country on many topics. Liz Pryor lives in Los Angeles with her three teenage children.