false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175694116m/546024.jpg 546024 2 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&#8211;she&#8217;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.<br>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&#8217;t know.<br><br>Told entirely through e-mail, instant messaging, journal entries, and other random communications, <i>Donorboy </i>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. 533296 10 8 2004 Donorboy: A Novel (Alex Awards (Awards)) total:142|5:34|4:56|3:45|2:7|1:0| 142 543 216 30 546024 1400062772 9781400062775 142 30 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175694116m/546024.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/546024.Donorboy_A_Novel 4 0 false Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 14:18:54 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 08:50:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 546024 1400062772 9781400062775 142 30 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175694116m/546024.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/546024.Donorboy_A_Novel 4 0 false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 11:00:34 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 11:08:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 546024 1400062772 9781400062775 142 30 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175694116m/546024.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/546024.Donorboy_A_Novel 3 0 false Thu Mar 12 21:48:46 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 09 17:54:55 -0800 2009
The whole novel is a collection of emails, IM's, diary entries, etc. This gimmick was cute for a chapter or two, but didn't hold up for several reasons:

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