Belly UpTheres a first time for everything. First time playing quarters. First time spinning the bottle. First totally hot consensual truck hookup with a superhot boy whose digits I forgot to get. First time getting pregnant. Surprised you with that one, didnt I? Surprised me, too. Id planned to spend senior year with my bestie slash wifey, Devi Abrams, graduating at the top of my class and getting into an Ivy League college. Instead, Mom and I are moving in

This audiobook tells the inspiring story of two friends who ultimately rescued each other

In the depths of a freezing winter

Easy access to the Internet and social media has erased the boundaries that protect children from damaging exposure to excessive marketing and the unsavory aspects of adult culture

and only trouble at school

regret to desire

never an end in sight

Nervous about Freshers’ Week

one that will threaten everything they both hold dear

Helprin dissects the modern assault on creative work and reveals:

who became a harbinger of tennis's high-powered future

Then her best friend talks her into going on her “honeymoon” anyway

But as their paths continue to cross