Jersey Angel is a Contemporary YA novel that follows the summer adventures of Angel, a young teenage girl who loves sex, who is confident about her body and who enjoys sexual escapades with several partners and is unapologetic about it. The book is a refreshing, beautiful novel that has zero slut shaming in its portrayal of Angel. In addition to that, she is also someone who doesn’t want to go to college and whose dream job is to be a receptionist – again, there is not shaming in the novel about her choice. Needless to say, it is an important book in YA and it is a book that I loved. The paperback is out now and today we are happy to be hosting its author, Beth Ann Bauman to talk about writing Angel. There were several ingredients I threw in the pot early in the writing process of Jersey Angel. I knew I wanted to write about a sexually unapologetic girl, a girl who prowls around like a boy, a girl more interested in adventures than a boyfriend. I also knew I wanted this girl to be a bit Jane Eyre-esque, that is on her own and responsible for … Continue reading Jersey Angel: Beth Ann Bauman on YA And The Sexually Unapologetic Girl