Best Of: A 'Failed' Child Star / A Novel About Pregnancy Post-Roe
Jul 12, 2025•49 min
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Tamara Yajia grew up Jewish in Argentina, intent on becoming a child star. But just when her break was coming along, her family emigrated to California. Her new memoir is Cry for Me, Argentina.
TV critic David Bianculli reviews a new HBO Max documentary about Ms. magazine.
Leila Mottley's novel The Girls Who Grew Big follows a group of teenage mothers in the Florida Panhandle who form a close-knit community to support each other through the challenges of young motherhood.
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TV critic David Bianculli reviews a new HBO Max documentary about Ms. magazine.
Leila Mottley's novel The Girls Who Grew Big follows a group of teenage mothers in the Florida Panhandle who form a close-knit community to support each other through the challenges of young motherhood.
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