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Straight from the trenches…a Great Read for parents of teens.
–People magazine

... hilarious and insightful... sure to resonate with any mom.”
–Ladies Home Journal

..painfully funny, occasionally shocking, tender, wry…and ultimately reassuring.
–Seattle Times


A bestselling journalist navigates the stormy seas of the mother-daughter relationship at its most crucial moment.

With the eye of a reporter, the curiosity of an anthropologist and the open -- and sometimes wounded -- heart of a mother, award-winning author Lauren Kessler launches an 18-month mission, embedding herself in her own about-to-be teenage daughter’s life. From middle school classrooms to the mall, from summer camp to online chat groups, Kessler observes, chronicles—and sometimes participates in—the vibrant, dynamic and scary life of a 21st-century teen.

Funny, harrowing, poignant, and invariably candid and insightful, My Teenage Werewolf is both a canary in the coal mine for mothers of girls and a vibrant exploration of the single most important relationship in a woman’s life.

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