The acclaimed author of mines our fears and explores our capacity to love in this epic tale of modern motherhood. Young and pregnant, cerise and anna make very different decisions about how to direct their lives. While t...The acclaimed author of mines our fears and explores our capacity to love in this epic tale of modern motherhood. Young and pregnant, cerise and anna make very different decisions about how to direct their lives. While teenaged cerise struggles to support herself and her young daughter, anna finishes college, marries, and later gives birth to two daughters of her own.