Factory Girl — Stephanie Bond

By the bestselling author of the romantic comedy STOP THE WEDDING! (now a Hallmark Channel movie) and COMA GIRL (in TV series development) and 100 other romance and mystery novels comes FACTORY GIRL, a poignant story of a working single mom in a small town who dares to dream big:Hi there. I'm Hattie Morehead, and for a 19-year-old, I've screwed up my life pretty good so far. I grew up in a town in Tennessee the size of a mud puddle, and I'd planned to be somewhere else by now doing something important. Instead I got myself pregnant, dropped out of high school, and took a job at the same sewing factory that sucked the life out of my mother and my grandmother.My relatives are shady, my friends are freaks, and my romantic prospects are dim. But this small-town girl has big dreams: Someday I'm gonna get out of here. Someday everyone will know my name. Because someday instead of sewing designer clothes for minimum wage, I'll have my own clothing line.I admit, at times that day seems far, far away. But I'm gonna make it happen. I simply have to. For now, I'm hanging in and hanging on... by a thread.FACTORY GIRL: Long hours, low pay... and big dreams. This story will make you laugh and cry and cheer.