There are all sorts of upsetting things in this story, so if things like self harm and abortion are upsetting for you, skip this one.

Ross’s memoir is a harrowing and haunting story of an unexpected pregnancy at age 15. Just terrifying stuff:

I sat up naked on the couch listening to his feet slapping, the front door thumping closed. I stared at my mother and laughed. She turned away without a word. A month later, all five of us girls had prescriptions for The Pill.

It was too late for me. I began each day vomiting in the girls’ room at school. Weeks ticked by as I refused to admit the truth to myself. I refused to do or say anything. I held fast to the magical notion that I would become unpregnant.