Man and Boy

Abridged
Author: Tony Parsons
Narrator: Colin Buchanan
Genres: Fiction
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date: November 2009
Length: 3 hours
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 4/5
Formats:
  • CD

Overview

He had to face the toughest job of his life. And he never once thought he'd be on his own.

Harry had it all: a beautiful wife, an adorable four-year-old son, and a high-paying media job. But on the eve of his thirtieth birthday, with one irresponsible act, he threw it all away. Suddenly he finds himself an unemployed single father trying to figure out how to wash his son's hair the way Mommy did and whether green spaghetti is proper breakfast food. This brilliantly engaging novel will tug at your heart as Harry learns to become a father to his son and a son to his aging father, takes stabs at finding new love, and makes the hardest decision of his life.

Reviews (5)

good story

Written by Gilma Chute on April 15th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Very good. I will like to read the unabridged version.

Man and Boy

Written by Anonymous from Washington, DC on August 4th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 4/5

A good story. I laughed and I cried. Harry is a likeable guy and I wanted the best for him.

Sincere Emotion

Written by Anonymous on May 3rd, 2005

  • Book Rating: 4/5

You have to like Harry. Even after making a horrible mess of his life within the first pages of Man and Boy, his struggle with trying so hard to be a man is worthy of more than respect. I started out really disliking the initial plot but quickly became swept into the story and would highly recommend it. (One odd thing, the British reader Colin Bunchanan gives a really strange American accent to one of the main characters, a weird Canadian/Indiana mix when she's supposed to be from Texas.)

Man and Boy

Written by Mick from Ebensburg, PA on January 27th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This was my first cd and it was really good. Heartwarming and will keep your interest the whole way through.

Man and Boy

Written by Anonymous on August 20th, 2004

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Excellent, a page turner