Truth Is by Hannah V. Sawyerr

Seventeen-year-old poet Truth Bangura begins senior year unsure of life after graduation, but when she learns she’s pregnant by her ex-boyfriend, she makes one decision she is sure about—an abortion. When Truth performs a poem about her decision and her emotionally turbulent home life, the performance is recorded and posted online for everyone to see—including her mother.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Emotional child abuse
  • Familial estrangement
  • Teen pregnancy & abortion
  • Emesis