Skip to main content

Reading Group Guide

Discussion Questions

Dad Interrupted: A Novel

1. When Shawn learns of Troi's pregnancy, he is clearly upset. What go you feel is the key source of his concern? How does this compare with your experiences?

2. When Shawn learns of Troi's pregnancy, he is clearly upset. What go you feel is the key source of his concern? How does this compare with your experiences?

3. If your man informed you that his ex-girlfriend (as in the woman he dated before you) was pregnant, how would you handle it? Would you leave or stay?

4. If you started dating a man, and learned that you were pregnant from a previous partner, how do you think your new mate would handle it?

5. In Beeperless Remote and again in Dad Interrupted, Kelly is depicted as one of Shawn's closest friends. Are they attracted to each other? Would they survive as romantic interests?

6. When Troi gets to DC and arrives at Shawn's home, how could he have better handled the situation? Should he have immediately told her about Dawn?

7. When Troi informs Shawn that he is the father of her child, how should he have responded? Should he have accepted it and transitioned towards fatherhood? Should he have asked her about her expectations? Should he have insisted on a paternity test after the child was born before he committed to anything?

8. One of the key themes of Dad Interrupted is how men can be completely shut out of any input in an unplanned pregnancy ... have you ever experienced this from either side? Is it fair? What's the solution?

9. Why one of the Seven Types of Dads most closely resembles your father or any male role model your grew-up with? Which one reflects the father of your children or the father of someone close to you?

10. Which character in Dad Interrupted would you like to see in a sequel?

11. Who do you see playing the key characters in the film version of Dad Interrupted and why?

Dad Interrupted: A Novel
by Van Whitfield

  • Publication Date: January 28, 2013
  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Harlem Moon
  • ISBN-10: 0385508182
  • ISBN-13: 9780385508186