Product Description

Tim Weber and Cheryl Banks had what they thought was a "casual" relationship -- until she got pregnant and wanted to put the baby up for adoption.

It sounded like the best thing for everyone. After all, Tim was about to start college -- Columbia University in New York City. He was beginning a whole new life. But he just couldn't forget the fact that it was his baby too. He decided he wanted to keep the baby, and raise it himself.

But Tim didn't realize how hard it was going to be, moving to Manhattan, starting college, and taking care of his son. What would happen to his hopeful dreams of the future?

With wit, humor, and honesty, Norma Klein creates a deeply moving portrait of a young man precariously balanced between the responsibilities of single fatherhood and the freedom of college life.

"Norma Klein scrutinizes the unexamined assumptions of traditional family arrangements and explores new possibilities with sensitivity and savvy."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1721256 in Books
• Published on: 1989-08-29
• Released on: 1989-08-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback

From Publishers Weekly
An unwed teenaged father attempts to balance the stress of single parenthood with the academic pressures of college life in this witty, thought-provoking novel. Ages 13-up.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal
Grade 10-12 In characteristic fashion, Klein tackles with candor and humor yet another topical subject of adolescent trauma: teenage unwed fatherhood. Tim Weber's dream of escaping small-town life in Massachusetts for the big time in New York City is given a push towards realization by his acceptance at Columbia. When a casual relationship with a high-school classmate results in an unwanted pregnancy, Tim decides to go to court to win custody of his child. The result finds Tim, with little Mason, sharing an apartment in the city with three females, and attempting to balance dirty diapers, daycare, dating, and studying. The novel is short on realism in its story line and long on the exaggerated drama of soap operawhich will, of course, make the book a likely pick for popular reading. Tim's emotions, his attachment to the baby, his honest vacillation between love and frustration, and the resentment as his life is swallowed up by caring for an infant are candid. He's a sympathetic character with intelligence, charm, sensitivity, and confidence. Klein's skill at smoothly integrating subplots is best shown in the changing relationship between Tim and his widowed father, caused by Mason's arrival and Tim's example that fathers can indeed nurture. The strong language of adolescents and the casual nature of their sexual relationships are depicted forthrightly and without moralizing. Connie Tyrrell Burns, Mahoney Middle School, South Portland, Maine
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

*No More Saturday Nights*
This book was very inspiritng to me. It tought me to wait until i was ready before i started a family. It also showed me that hard work, and a loving family will always be here to help you through any thing, that tries to block your road. I would defiently recommend this book to other people, either young or old at age. It tells alot about the struggle of life, and how to overcome your fears

Adolescent decides to raise kid on his own.
An adolescent (Tim) decides to raise his kid on his own when he hears that his ex-girlfriend (Cheryl) wants to sell (she calls it adoption) the mutual kid to some strangers. Tim, however, is moving out of town and and has to take his baby with him.

Norma Klein presents in this book the story of Tim who has to overcome many obstacles because of his decision to keep his baby.

Mrs Klein succeeds in guiding the reader into Tim's perspective. As the reading goes on one will understand Tim better.

I think that Mrs Klein did a great job writing a book about such a subject. Not only is it an adolescent who decides to raise his kid but it is a boy. I think that Mrs Klein proved with this book that it is not a matter of who raises the kid but it is matter of the will to raise the kid.

I would recommend everyone to read this book. This book is simply great. Once you start reading books from Norma Klein, you will not be able to stop reading them.

It was a blend of humor, romance and reality.
I was pleased when when reading this book, to find a reality to it. People often forget that even when a teenager gets in trouble, they're not always looking for the easy way out. I thought it had an interesting ending. At first I thought it was missing a few pages, but it left me making my own ending...