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A Dad for Aina (2002)
“Why would I need a dad? Dads
are out. Two of my friends have got them and they just shout and stress
all the time. What’s the point in having a dad?”
Aina Westlye is the ultimate
contemporary urban teenager. Cool, sassy and incredibly confident, Aina
has never met her dad. Doesn’t even have a photo.
But no sympathy, please. Aina
is happy with her dadless life. Over her nineteen years she’s formed
the opinion that dads are simply unnecessary.
Aina tests her theory that you
don’t need a dad. She meets a selection of dads to find out what
they’re for, starting with a trip to the Home Counties for Sunday lunch
with a ‘perfect’ dad and his family. She takes on George, who
infuriates Aina by labelling her dangerous because she challenges the
traditional family status quo. In her quest Aina also visits a
Christian Great Dads conference and asks a speaker “do you think I need
a dad?”
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