It's weird how one tiny event can change your life forever. Like a sperm and an ovum getting it together . . .
David lives in South Africa, studying desperately for his school leaving exams while his heavily pregnant mum and uncaring step-dad tear apart the house around him. He can't wait to cut loose and begin a life of adventure and excitement - but Mum going into labour on the bathroom floor isn't quite what he had in mind . . .
Baby Kevin is born safe and well. But David soon finds himself cast in the role of a surrogate dad while his parents please themselves. Something's got to give - and when Mum abandons the family for another man, David decides to walk out himself and to take Kevin with him.
Armed with only his best friend, a dummy and an old guitar, heading for the coast with no plans and no cash, David soon finds that changing your world while you're changing dirty nappies isn't so easy . . .
Dawn Garisch's bittersweet but hilarious coming-of-age novel is a celebration of life's uncertainties and absurdities - and the strength of an extraordinary boy in exceptional circumstances.
