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Rosalind had two mommies. Now, thanks
to a tragic accident involving foodstuffs, she has none.
And Sean, the sperm donor responsible for half her DNA (and
nothing else), is taking custody. Rosalind finds herself
adjusting to a new life that seems both hateful and surreal–she’s
an orphan with a new father, surrounded by friends she is
beginning to despise and well-meaning adults who succeed
only in annoying her.
Sean made a donation fifteen years ago, and his life since
has not gone according to plan. Thirty-five, single, and
still grieving the loss of his own mother twenty-seven years
ago, he decides to take on the overwhelming task of caring
for an unhappy teenager he doesn’t know.
Told entirely through e-mail, instant messaging, journal
entries, and other random communications, Donorboy is the
comic, compellingly readable novel of how these two people
learn to converse, cook, write heavy-metal songs, and nail
windows shut on their way to becoming a family. Brendan Halpin
has written a universal story of how we laugh, cry, and occasionally
punch our way to a new life in the face of tragedy.
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