Learning How to Fall

by Norma Klein

Seventeen-year-old Dustin, who lives with a recovering alcoholic father divorced from his lesbian mother, experiences problems in dealing with his girlfriends and feelings of being unable to cope, as he learns how to fall and land on his feet.

Genres: Young Adult

181 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1989

About the author

Norma Klein was born in New York City and graduated cum laude and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa from Barnard College with a degree in Russian. She later received her master's degree in Slavic languages from Columbia University.

Ms. Klein began publishing short stories while attending Barnard and since then she had written novels for readers of all ages. The author got her ideas from everyday life and advised would-be writers to do the same -- to write about their experiences or things they really care about.

Ms. Klein died in 1989.

Reviews

[Tanya · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very dated YA book that I found while cleaning out my old things my parents had stored from my youth. More than 30 years later I would say there are concerning themes/behaviors that seem to be normalized in the book. This includes feeling of abandonment by parents, actually let's just say questionable parenting all together. I think it would have been better received if the main characters would have been in college as this just did not seem believable.

[Monika · Rating 1 out of 5]

so boring