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Mary Bonnet Says Pregnancy at 15 Made Her Feel She Had ‘Scarlet Letter,’ Was ‘Mortifying’ for Family (Exclusive)


'Selling Sunset' star Mary Bonnet, whose son is now 27, shares her experience with teen motherhood in her new memoir, 'Selling Sunshine.'

Mary Bonnet opens up about what it was like to learn she was pregnant at age 15 — and her parents’ reaction to the news — in her new memoir, Selling Sunshine. The Selling Sunset star, real estate agent and vice president of Oppenheim Group, 44, recalls her best friend driving her to a drugstore on the outskirts of her small Indiana hometown to buy a pregnancy test, which she took in a gas station. She tells PEOPLE she hopes sharing her experience with teen motherhood will inspire readers to “keep moving forward.”

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