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Tables of Contents for Before Their Time
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
ix
Preface
xv
Acknowledgments
xvii
Introduction
1
14
PART I Becoming Young Mothers: Four Voices
``Ain't that much sorry in the world''
15
6
Leticia Johnson
``I didn't never want to be odd-looking''
21
11
Leticia Johnson
``I was saying to myself, `Why can't I get pregnant?''
32
6
Leticia Johnson
``If the school knew, you had to leave''
38
9
Denise Benjamin
``I got my own place''
47
6
Leticia Johnson
``Nobody talked about childbirth or sex''
53
8
Rena Wilson
``I remember hiding under the biggest coat''
61
6
Rena Wilson
``God didn't say people should have children and not be married''
67
9
Louise Eaton
``I felt that loss''
76
7
Leticia Johnson
PART II Coping: Month to Month
``If you hurt me, you're gonna feel it''
83
30
Leticia Johnson
``What's the same is, I leave all the guys''
113
20
Leticia Johnson
PART III Can Anyone Help?
``Every time the phone rings, my heart stops in my mouth''
133
20
Rena Wilson
``One would want people to take the view that the family is so very important''
153
10
Denise Benjamin
Rena Wilson
Epilogue
163
14
Afterword
177
12
Notes
189