Review
Naturally funny and candid style of writing keeps the reader engaged as she comes into her own as a parent. She is honest and humorous as she admits the mistakes she made, but also confident in her role as a mother, first and above all
--women24.com
With wit and humility, Engelbrecht shares her mistakes and triumphs, regrets and pleasures. She doesn't presume to be an agony aunt or a psychologist - just another girl, not so different from everyone else. --Cape Times, South Africa
Tracy Engelbrecht was a good girl. She got good marks, had no tattoos and didn't hang with the bad crowd. Falling pregnant at 15 was definitely not part of her plans. With frank humour, Tracy tells us everything you will never pick up in any self-help pregnancy book.
Drum**, November 2007**
About the Author
Tracy Engelbrecht is a writer and mother of two. She lives in Cape Town and doesn’t grow freakishly large prizewinning vegetables, but she does do a nice lasagne and her children aren’t in therapy yet, so things are going well. She hardly ever drinks pina coladas or gets caught in the rain, but she’s working on it. That’s the official story. The truth is, of course, much less exciting. I was once The Girl Who Couldn’t Say No, but these days I’m mom and eternal tea-maker to a teenage son, and mommy and copious cuddler of a tween daughter – both unique specimens of delicious humanity, way cooler than you’d expect with me as a mom. I’m also blogger, a columnist and a Tweeter-in-training. What else? Ah, yes. Thinker, reader, pudding-fantasist, champion-napper and above all, a sensible girl. Hopelessly inelegant and perfectly inappropriate for every occasion, I wear my awkwardness like a badge of honour. I have to. It’s the only jewellery I own not made from macaroni. I am also the founder of Young Mom Support, a support group for young and teenage moms in Cape Town, South Africa. All proceeds from every copy of The Girl Who Couldn’t Say No go towards supporting our group and our moms. Thank you, you’ve already made a difference. PS I’ve given up on the pina colada thing (see above). It was never me anyway; I’m much more a creme soda float girl. Wif sprinkles. http://tracyengelbrecht.com http://youngmomsupport.co.za