false 1043535 1 <p>Robin Bowman's five-year journey into the heart of teenage America created a series of 414 "collaborative portraits," wherein she shares her discoveries of a generation now coming of age. In searing and intimate photographs, presented alongside the young people's voices of passion, pride, embarrassment, lust, pain, bewilderment, anxiety, joy, uncertainty, and rage, the book charts the coming of age of the largest generation in America-77 million strong-in every region of the country and every socioeconomic group: from a Texas debutante to teenage gang members in New York City, from a drag queen in Georgia to a coal miner in West Virginia.</p> <p>Bowman's intimate photographs ask us to reconcile preconceived ideas and stereotypes of teenagers with the diversity of individuals in the portraits. This book and the traveling exhibition it accompanies are about the inside lives of these kids and how they see their reality in their own voices.</p> <p>Essayist <b>Susan Minot</b> is the award-winning author of <em>Evening</em>,<em> Lust</em>, and <em>Monkeys</em>.</p> <p> <b>Dr. Robert Coles</b> is the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of the Children of Crisis series and a Harvard emeritus professor of psychiatry.</p> <p> <b>Robin Bowman</b>, a 2005 W. Eugene Smith Memorial fellow, is a photojournalist based in Portland, Maine.</p> 1029940 1 10 2007 It's Complicated: The American Teenager total:52|5:17|4:20|3:13|2:2|1:0| 52 208 110 26 4 2 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 15:44:49 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 13:24:40 -0700 2009
Some of the teenagers were shallow, some were deep. Some I liked, some I hated. Some still believed in the American...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 18:19:13 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 18:21:24 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 10:36:13 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 10:47:12 -0700 2009 This book was one of my favorite books of ALL TIME. i loved reading about all of the different teenagers around the nation. They were all so completely different and had such great thoughts. Some kids were rich and spoiled while others were poor, pregnant, and unfortunate. it was amazing to he...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 14:54:05 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 09:13:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 14 15:25:32 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 15:30:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 15 16:10:48 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 16:10:48 -0700 2009 4Q 3P JS

This book is a compilation of photographs and interviews with teens from all across America. In 2002, photographer Robin Bowman grabbed her camera, hopped in her car, and went on a road trip across the United States. She stopped along the way to photograph and interview over 4...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 16 11:42:13 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 11:53:34 -0800 2008 ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 18:44:03 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 19:03:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Sep 03 20:53:12 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 20:53:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 16:15:38 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 09:19:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 30 16:13:35 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 16:17:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 09:10:23 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 12:53:46 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 16:22:21 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 16:23:24 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Apr 30 06:52:46 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 10:18:36 -0700 2009
Teens will love this book because the portraits are compelling, the teens' interviews are interesting and insightful, and they will enjoy trying to find teens whose experiences are like their own. This could also be a great tool for an English classroom to start lessons on person...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 07 16:41:48 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 16:42:22 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 10:09:33 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 10:12:13 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 13:42:06 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 09:15:45 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 30 06:06:30 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 06:08:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 14:26:28 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 14:26:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 21 08:05:53 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 08:06:40 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1043535