There are many different books about teenage pregnancies and the struggles of raising a child on your own, but the book Mahalia does not fall into the normal catagorie of those books. For the most part most books focus on the girls point of view, or only concentrate on one side of the story. The book Mahilia tells the story from the fathers point a view. Matt(Mahilia's father) takes care of her after Emmy(Mahilia's Mother) leaves from feeling too much pressure from being a mom at such a young age. Matt is constantly struggling from only thinking about the future, and trying to move on from the past. Remembering his past, and how he was raised by his single mother, early on in Mahilia's life Matt decides he wants somthing better. When Matt takes Mahilia and moves back to his town, he does everything he can to keep from letting his mom take over taking care of Mahalia. Matt and Mahalia move into a house with a 22 year old student, and another girl. They all are struggling with bills, and their own lives but the girls take time to watch Mahalia so Matt can have a break. This story shows the struggle the Matt has between his old life, childless and carefree, and his new life, full of hardships. Towards the end Matt relizes that it's love that keep him and Mahalia together. " Now the man has a child, He knows all the names of the local dogs." - Japanese Poem
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