Summary of "About a boy"
Will Freeman is a 38-year-old shallow, wealthy and irresponsible playboy, who has no surviving family and lives alone in a roomy, elegant London apartment. He's never had a job in his life because he lives well off the royalties from "Santa's Super Sleigh," a Christmas song his father wrote years ago. He's had lots of girlfriends, but he always dumps them within a few weeks. One day he realizes that his friends are all involved with the responsibilities of married life and that leaves him alone in the cold.Will is a bored swinger who dumps woman after woman, and after his late test break-up with a girl named Angie who was a single mom. He develops a theory about dating single mothers: "Passionate sex. A lot of ego massage. And a guilt-free parting.” He then attends S.P.A.T. - Single Parents,
The story takes part in London. The lead actor is Will Freeman who is a rich guy in his thirties without obligations of any kind. In his pursuit of women he invents an imaginary son, and starts to attend meetings for single parents. In the relation with one of his affairs, he meets 12-year-old Marcus, who has problems at school as well as home. A friendship grows wile Will teaches Marcus the ways of life and Marcus helps Will growing up. To be an adult is not necessarily a question of age. Through Suzie he meets a young needy cad named Marcus, who manages to work his way into Will’s life. Marcus’s single mom is a depression case and he just wants her to be happy, because since her late test break-up, she’s been suicidal. At first, Marcus hopes to match Will up with his mother, but they aren't attra
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Approximate Word count = 545
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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