This memoir of a teenage single mother was written specifically to encourage other young women in her situation to get an education - there are resources in the back of the book to that effect. In fairness, though, for most of the book Arnoldi isn't in school at all. She's working and saving to get there, trying to escape an abusive relationship, a history of family sexual violence and neglect, homelessness, and poverty. There's a happy ending here, but there's no denying that a lot of the book is just desperately sad.

The art doesn't really do much for me, I'm afraid, but the determination and perseverance of the author makes this graphic memoir worth reading.