76 pages • 2 hours read
About a Boy
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1998
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1.
To what extent do you believe that About a Boy has a happy ending? Provide evidence for your answer.
2.
What role does the figure of the single mother play in Hornby’s novel?
3.
How is fatherhood represented in the story?
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