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Joanna Lipper, Amy and Shayla

Tuesday, November 11, 2003

According to Naomi Wolf, Joanna Lipper’s book Growing Up Fast “reads like a nineteenth-century novel about young women burdened by fates they did not choose.” On the show with Ms. Lipper are Amy and Shayla, two teenage mothers from Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

  • Events: Joanna Lipper’s film from her book, Growing up Fast will be screened tomorrow at 7:30 at the Makor/Steinhardt Building – 35 West 67th Street – and it will be followed by a panel discussion with some of the mothers profiled in the book.
    Tickets: 212-315-5500 – or buy them online at www.92y.org. To view the other teens profiled, go to growingupfast.com.
  • Music: Soundtrack from ‘At First Sight’, track 7 ‘You Don’t See Me’ and track 4 ‘A Seeing Celebration.’

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