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Kate Schatz

Biography

Kate Schatz

Kate Schatz is a feminist author, educator and public speaker. She's the New York Times bestselling author of the Rad Women book series; the novel WHERE THE GIRLS WERE; the 33 ⅓ book RID OF ME: A Story; and DO THE WORK: An Anti-Racist Activity Book, co-written with “United Shades of America” host W. Kamau Bell. She lives in the Bay Area with her wife, three children and pets.

Kate Schatz

Books by Kate Schatz

by Kate Schatz - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction

It’s 1968, and the future is bright for 17-year-old Elizabeth “Baker” Phillips. But the seductive free-spirited San Francisco atmosphere seeps into her carefully planned, strait-laced life in the form of a hippie named Wiley. At first, letting loose and letting herself fall in love for the first time feels incredible. But pregnancy hits Baker with the force of whiplash. In the blink of an eye, she goes from good girl to fallen woman, from her family’s shining star to their embarrassing secret. Without any other options, Baker is sent to a home for unwed mothers, and finds herself trapped in an old Victorian house packed with pregnant girls who share her shame and fear. As she grapples with her changing body, lack of choice, and uncertain future, Baker finds unexpected community and empowerment among the “girls who went away.”