About The Book

About a Boy cover

About a Boy

by Nick Hornby

1999

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Description

Will Freeman may have discovered the key to dating success: If the simple fact that they were single mothers meant that gorgeous women – women who would not ordinarily look twice a Will – might not only be willing, but enthusiastic about dating him, then he was really onto something. Single mothers – bright, attractive, available women – thousands of them, were all over London. He just had to find them. SPAT: Single Parents – Alone Together. It was a brilliant plan. And Will wasn’t going to let the fact that he didn’t have a child himself hold him back. A fictional two-year-old named Ned wouldn’t be the first thing he’d invented. And it seems to go quite well at first, until he meets an actual twelve-year-old named Marcus, who is more than Will bargained for…

Details

Title
About a Boy
Subtitle
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Authors
Nick Hornby
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Format
paperback
Published
May 1, 1999
Page Count
336
Language
English
ISBN-13
9781573227339
ISBN-10
1573227331
Genres
Young Adult, Classics, Boys, Romance, Fiction, Literature, Bildungsromans, General, Literary Fiction, Coming of Age, Single Parent, Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Children and adults
Weight
9.2 ounces
Physical Dimensions
5.16 x 0.83 x 7.95 inches
Adapted as
About a Boy