The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom

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Summary: Beutiful unsentimental cinterella story about a single mom
Review: .....who goes through a lot of problems before she get's....not the prince, but the education that enables her to sustain her life on her own - to become somebody...and be with her daughter.

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Summary: Touching and sweet. A great book
Review: As an educator, I have found myself sharing this book with college aged women I work with. It's message is subtle, but strong. I'm so glad Katherine Arnoldi shared this story.

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Summary: It is just outright they way it can be
Review: I am a divorce attorney. I picked up this book and read it in 15 minutes tops. If you are the subject matter yourself, or just interested in the subject matter, it's a Keeper; a book that somehow deserves to be bought and taken home (or shared). I bought it for a Family Law Judge as a gift. This Judge collects books and displays them for the people who pass through her Courtroom/Chambers. It's corny and all comic strips but if you've left an abusive relationship and had a child with you (or know someone who did), it's just SIMPLY POWERFUL in its clear truth.

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Summary: This book was Tite
Review: I checked this book out from the library. The next day, I bought a copy. I have bought 12 more copies in a week. Everyone who reads this book gasps at its truth. The blockades of Arnoldi's past abuse and present hardship would have stopped her from becoming who she was becoming before she became a mom. In a perfect combination of words and art, she conveys her perilous journey. Thoughts and emotions overflow her drawings, MAD Magazine-style. As it dawns on you that she's writing from a place of victory, you laugh, cry, and cheer. If you're a school counselor, as I am, buy copies for your teen moms and fellow counselors.

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Summary: Will put wind in the sails of teen moms.
Review: I checked this book out from the library. The next day, I bought a copy. I have bought 12 more copies in a week. Everyone who reads this book gasps at its truth. The blockades of Arnoldi's past abuse and present hardship would have stopped her from becoming who she was becoming before she became a mom. In a perfect combination of words and art, she conveys her perilous journey. Thoughts and emotions overflow her drawings, MAD Magazine-style. As it dawns on you that she's writing from a place of victory, you laugh, cry, and cheer. If you're a school counselor, as I am, buy copies for your teen moms and fellow counselors.

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Summary: A story that puts it in perspective
Review: I found Arnoldi's comic to be wonderfully honest and frank and I thank her for sharing it with us. The turning point of the book is when she becomes grateful for what she has, and what she is, and her horrid past becomes a memory and not a sentence. Three cheers for her dreams and her fulfillment. I too graduated college with a very young child. The love for her child is apparent throughout, and despite the horrid circumstance in which the child was conceived, it is clear the author views her child as a blessing and never a burden. The book is a stark graphic comic about the author's life between the ages of 10 and 21. The artwork is wonderfully descriptive and that which anyone can understand and relate to.

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Summary: This book was Tite
Review: I found this book was very fun to read. It was as if I was in the story and the stuff was happening to me, thats how it's suppose to be.i am a very frequent reader and i've sampled alot of good books.I guess I like this book most because it's a real life adventure and I can relate.i recomend this book to everyone who likes reality and adventure mixed together.

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Summary: Recent Reviews:
Review: I made this graphic novel/memoir for three reasons: to honor the heroism of single moms, to help encourage single moms to pursue their equal rights to education, and to share my own struggle to find the way to college. Thank you for your interest: help a single mom today! Hey! It's a cartoon book: scary, funny, ironic, tear-jerking, full of chills and thrills, darkness and inspiration. It's a story of love. It's been nominated for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award (winner to be announced in August).

REVIEWS:

6/99: MS. magazine:"Katherine Arnoldi: Single Mom Super Hero"

4/99: BUST magazine #12: "This book is beautiful, accessible and soulful"--Meg Weber.

4/99: AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW: "Dada at Midnight"---Jim Feast

2/17/99: THE NEW YORK TIMES: "A Mother: Young, Single and Heroic"--David Gonzalez

2/99: HIP MAMA: "If you are a teen mom or abuse survivor, it is a must read" --Ariel Gore

1/28/99 TONY ISABELLA'S ONLINE CARTOON REVIEW: "I ended up voting it as my favorite graphic novel in the CBG Fan Awards. Yep, it's that good."

1/28/99: THE STAR LEDGER: "Reaching for the Stars: An Author Uses Her Story to Inspire Other Single Moms"---Mark McGarrity

12/25/98 ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY BEST OF 1998: The Amazing True Story of a Teenage Single Mom was choosen as the tenth best book: "Not only did she beat back a grim fate, but the bright, redemptive way she shares her story is proof that one evocative line drawing can be worth a thousand points of psychobabble. If you're looking for a good cleansing cry--and a book that actually makes you think about the world instead of just escaping it--this is the year's best."

12/21/98: NEW YORK magazine: "In Print: Singled Out": "...the scary, funny, ultimately heroic story of Arnoldi's struggle to make a happy life out of a very raw deal."---Ariel Levy

12/14/98: AUSTIN CHRONICLE: "I can only attribute the hot tears I shed while reading it to the power of Arnoldi's moving, triumphant story."---Roseana Auten

12/98: REDBOOK: "Here's the real thing: A superhero whose magic cape is faith." ---Dawn Raffel

12/98 SEVENTEEN: "It's a refreshingly nonlecturely picture of what it's really like to be a teen mom."

11/18/98: CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: "A Teen Mom's Path Out of Abuse" ---Marilyn Gardener

11/98 ASSOCIATED PRESS: "Single Mother Turns to Cartoons to Tell Story, Help Others"---Jill Priluck

11/98 ELLE magazine:"Me and My Baby: "Arnoldi displays grit and compassion that would be admirable in any situation, and that becomes wondrous given the harem-scarum circumstances of her painful but ultimately fruitful life."---Lisa Shea

9/18/98 ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: "That's how poignant, immediate, and good it is: pictorial autobiography, redemptive fable, and purest testimony to the strength of motherly love." ---AJ

9/98: MS. magazine: "This memoir in cartoon form is fast-paced, moving and entertaining."

8/17/98 PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY: "Teen Mom Finds Voice, Writes Book": "Writing in affecting, straightfoward prose and drawing with an awkward but powerful, child-like simplicity..."---Calvin Reid

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Summary: Recent Reviews:
Review: I made this graphic novel/memoir for three reasons: to honor theheroism of single moms, to help encourage single moms to pursue theirequal rights to education, and to share my own struggle to find theway to college. Thank you for your interest: help a single mom today!Hey! It's a cartoon book: scary, funny, ironic, tear-jerking, full ofchills and thrills, darkness and inspiration. It's a story of love.It's been nominated for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award (winnerto be announced in August).

REVIEWS:

6/99:MS. magazine:"Katherine Arnoldi: Single Mom SuperHero"

4/99: BUST magazine #12: "This book is beautiful,accessible and soulful"--Meg Weber.

4/99: AMERICAN BOOK REVIEW:"Dada at Midnight"---Jim Feast

2/17/99: THE NEW YORKTIMES: "A Mother: Young, Single and Heroic"--DavidGonzalez

2/99: HIP MAMA: "If you are a teen mom or abusesurvivor, it is a must read" --Ariel Gore

1/28/99 TONYISABELLA'S ONLINE CARTOON REVIEW: "I ended up voting it as myfavorite graphic novel in the CBG Fan Awards. Yep, it's thatgood."

1/28/99: THE STAR LEDGER: "Reaching for the Stars:An Author Uses Her Story to Inspire Other Single Moms"---MarkMcGarrity

12/25/98 ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY BEST OF 1998: The AmazingTrue Story of a Teenage Single Mom was choosen as the tenth best book:"Not only did she beat back a grim fate, but the bright,redemptive way she shares her story is proof that one evocative linedrawing can be worth a thousand points of psychobabble. If you'relooking for a good cleansing cry--and a book that actually makes youthink about the world instead of just escaping it--this is the year'sbest."

12/21/98: NEW YORK magazine: "In Print: SingledOut": "...the scary, funny, ultimately heroic story ofArnoldi's struggle to make a happy life out of a very rawdeal."---Ariel Levy

12/14/98: AUSTIN CHRONICLE: "I canonly attribute the hot tears I shed while reading it to the power ofArnoldi's moving, triumphant story."---Roseana Auten

12/98:REDBOOK: "Here's the real thing: A superhero whose magic cape isfaith." ---Dawn Raffel

12/98 SEVENTEEN: "It's arefreshingly nonlecturely picture of what it's really like to be ateen mom."

11/18/98: CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: "A TeenMom's Path Out of Abuse" ---Marilyn Gardener

11/98 ASSOCIATEDPRESS: "Single Mother Turns to Cartoons to Tell Story, HelpOthers"---Jill Priluck

11/98 ELLE magazine:"Me and MyBaby: "Arnoldi displays grit and compassion that would beadmirable in any situation, and that becomes wondrous given theharem-scarum circumstances of her painful but ultimately fruitfullife."---Lisa Shea

9/18/98 ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: "That'show poignant, immediate, and good it is: pictorial autobiography,redemptive fable, and purest testimony to the strength of motherlylove." ---AJ

9/98: MS. magazine: "This memoir in cartoonform is fast-paced, moving and entertaining."

8/17/98PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY: "Teen Mom Finds Voice, Writes Book":"Writing in affecting, straightfoward prose and drawing with anawkward but powerful, child-like simplicity..."---Calvin Reid

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Summary: A simple, painful, powerful story of love and truth
Review: Katherine Arnoldi's truly amazing Amazing True Story probably starts off like the true stories of far too many women. But hope gets her through, and she succeeds through her own faith, and just a little bit of help from others. More than just an inspirational work for other single moms, this is a story that everyone should read. You can make your life better. All you need is a reason.