The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir

The Pregnancy Project: A Memoir

<b>When high school senior Gaby faked a pregnancy as a project to challenge stereotypes, she also changed her life. Discover this compelling memoir from an inspirational teenage activist, now a Lifetime movie.</b><br><br>It started as a school project, but it turned into so much more.<br> <br>Growing up, Gaby Rodriguez was often told she would end up a teen mom. After all, her mother and her older sisters had gotten pregnant as teenagers; from an outsider€s perspective, it was practically a family tradition. Gaby had ambitions that didn€t include teen motherhood. But she wondered: how would she be treated if she fulfilled others€ expectations? Would everyone ignore the years she put into being a good student and see her as just another pregnant teen statistic with no future? These questions sparked Gaby€s high school senior project: faking her own pregnancy to see how her family, friends, and community would react. What she learned changed her life forever€¦and made international headlines in the process.<br> <br>In <i>The Pregnancy Project</i>, Gaby details how she was able to fake her own pregnancy, hiding the truth from even her siblings and boyfriend€s parents, and reveals all that she learned from the experience. But more than that, Gaby€s story is about fighting stereotypes, and how one girl found the strength to come out from the shadow of low expectations to forge a bright future for herself.