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Breakfast with Tiffany: An Uncle's Memoir

by Edwin John Wintle

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When you are a fortysomething gay New Yorker with a stressful job as a film agent, a fruity assortment of friends and the odd obsessive-compulsive tendency, you may not see yourself as an ideal parent. However, when Ed's sister begs him to take in her daughter - the beautiful, capricious and downright difficult Tiffany - Ed rashly agrees. Soon, his life has turned upside down as he tries to deal with an exasperating but loving teenager while learning to be a parent himself. Their relationship develops from culture shock on both sides to an affectionate tolerance of each other's idiosyncrasies and a shared passion for really bad films. Moving, stylish and appealing, this is a book about growing up, about families, about parenting and about having no idea what to do next.… (more)
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Nice book about a gay uncle taking on the responsibility of caring for his "growing-too-quickly" niece. Cute stories and lots of realistic moments. But read the credits and discover the nieces actual name is Brittany, not Tiffany. ( )
  ShanLand | Feb 28, 2022 |
Read this ages ago, so really can't give a very good review. But I can say that I really enjoyed it and found it both hilarious and very touching. ( )
  WWDG | Jun 4, 2014 |
I read this 4 years ago, and can't remember the details now, other than to say, I was wonderfully surprised with this book, it was a delight to read, very touching, very real, very readable. ( )
  Fliss88 | Jan 13, 2014 |
  sally906 | Jul 27, 2007 |
I loved this book and want Uncle Eddy to look after me too! Eddy's narrative is so realistic and at times had me laughing out loud or crying. ( )
  birdy47 | Oct 4, 2006 |
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When you are a fortysomething gay New Yorker with a stressful job as a film agent, a fruity assortment of friends and the odd obsessive-compulsive tendency, you may not see yourself as an ideal parent. However, when Ed's sister begs him to take in her daughter - the beautiful, capricious and downright difficult Tiffany - Ed rashly agrees. Soon, his life has turned upside down as he tries to deal with an exasperating but loving teenager while learning to be a parent himself. Their relationship develops from culture shock on both sides to an affectionate tolerance of each other's idiosyncrasies and a shared passion for really bad films. Moving, stylish and appealing, this is a book about growing up, about families, about parenting and about having no idea what to do next.

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