Free
08/28/2025
She went into labour surrounded by family.She took her last breath in silence.No one called for help.Thirteen-year-old Lisa should have been in school.
Instead, she was in the backroom of her family’s house, giving birth on an old mattress with no doctor, no ambulance, and no justice.Her pregnancy was a secret.
So was the truth about how it happened.And when she died, her family buried both quickly, and without questions.But secrets don’t stay buried forever.In this gripping narrative nonfiction account, Girls Like Lisa follows the aftermath of Lisa’s death: a grieving cousin who begins to speak out, a midwife caught between silence and duty, and a community forced to confront the truth they tried to hide.
