Life After Birth: A Memoir of Survival and Success as a Teenage Mother

Going to school, hanging out with friends, and being a normal teenager was all Summer Owens knew until her fifteenth birthday changed her life forever. Nine months later, she was a mother and didn't even know the father of her baby.

"In Life After Birth, Owens depicts the real-life struggles she faced as a teenage mother. By sharing how she managed to finish high school, combat emotional issues, graduate from college with honors, build a career and buy a house all as a young, single mother, she demonstrates that life doesn't have to end when a child is born to a teenager.

"Life After Birth details the heartbreak, struggle, and victory of a young woman thrust into the painful realities of being a teenage mother. Any young woman, or young man for that matter, will read this book with eyes wide open to the detailed struggles of being a young mother that strips away the delusional romanticism of having a baby too early. Summer sobers the reader to a better way and encourages those who are walking in her path that they too can have life after birth."
Dr. Stacy L. Spencer, Author and Pastor, New Direction Christian Church

Summer Owens is a former teen mother who understands the challenges of being a teenage mother. Pregnant at age fifteen, Summer has achieved many of her goals including obtaining a BBA from the University of Memphis and an MBA from Belhaven College with her son, Jaylan, by her side through it all. Jaylan, is a successful high school student who enjoys basketball and being with his friends. With plans to attend college upon graduation, Jaylan wants to own his own business. Together they have grown, struggled, and overcome obstacles to live healthy and fulfilling lives. Summer currently resides in Memphis, Tennessee with her son, Jaylan and is a Senior Marketing Specialist at FedEx. In her spare time, she enjoys interior decorating, reading, and spending time with her son. Sharing her testimony through Life After CHILDBirth, Summer answers many questions even those closest to her never knew in hopes that her transparency will encourage teenage mothers to succeed with their children and in spite of all the challenges that come with teenage motherhood.