The impact of her parents' divorce on 14-year-old Tessa O'Connell is the subject of [Sunday Father]…. Seen through her eyes, the difficult adjustments confronting divorced parents and their children become real and immediate. Young adults can identify with Tessa's effort to understand the role of love in each person's life. Her inner dialogues reflect Neufeld's ability to capture teenage parlance. He has depicted Tessa's conflict of loyalties and emotions with sensitivity, and the interrelationships among characters are well drawn. This contemporary novel should enjoy wide readership among YAs. (pp. 674, 687)

Michael McCue and Evie Wilson, "Elderly Books for Youngerly Readers: 'Sunday Father'," in Wilson Library Bulletin (copyright © 1977 by the H. W. Wilson Company), Vol. 51, No. 8, April, 1977, pp. 674, 687.

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