I’m a little nervous about the Plan A by Deb Caletti Book Tour hosted by TBR & Beyond Book Tours. There is a trigger warning for abortion and I realize it’s a very controversial subject, continue at your own discretion.

About the Book

A sixteen-year-old girl’s road trip to get an abortion becomes a transformative journey of vulnerability, strength, and above all, choice. From the acclaimed author of A Heart in a Body in the World, this is both an achingly tender love story and a bold, badly needed battle cry about bodily autonomy and the experiences that connect us.

Ivy can’t entirely believe it when the plus sign appears on the test. She didn’t even know it was possible from . . . what happened. But it is, and now she is, and instead of spending the summer working at the local drugstore and swooning over her boyfriend, Lorenzo, suddenly she’s planning a cross-country road trip to her grandmother’s house on the West Coast, where she can legally obtain an abortion.

Escaping her small Texas town and the judgment of her friends and neighbors, Ivy hits the road with Lorenzo. Determined to make the best of their “abortion road trip love story,” the journey turns into a whirlwind tour from Paris, Texas to Rome, Oregon . . . and every rest-stop diner and corny roadside attraction along the way.

And while Ivy can’t run from the incessant pressure of others’ opinions about her body or from her own expectations and insecurities, she discovers a new world of healing and hope. As the women she encounters share their stories, she chips away at the stigma, silence, and shame surrounding reproductive rights while those collective experiences guide her to her own rightful destination.

Content Warning: Abortion, harassment, assault, rape, trauma

Review for Plan A

Ivy, the main character, doesn’t consider keeping the baby and the abortion itself is straightforward. Her boyfriend, Lorenzo, is from California and neither feel welcome in their small Texas town. The town turns on Ivy but it doesn’t seem too realistic – I live in a town about that size. Nevertheless, Lorenzo is a sweet and supportive guy (not the father of the baby – but that’s a whole other plot). The author has done an amazing job broaching this subject. The book does not advocate for abortion but instead brings forth the reality of being in Ivy’s shoes.

About the Author

Deb Caletti is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of over twenty books for adults and young adults, including Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, a finalist for the National Book Award, and A Heart in a Body in the World, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. Her books have also won the Josette Frank Award for Fiction, the Washington State Book Award, and numerous other state awards and honors, and she was a finalist for the PEN USA Award. She lives with her family in Seattle.

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