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 show more 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. show less

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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.
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.
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.
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.

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Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, LGBTQ+
DDC/MDS
306.87Society, government, & cultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial Behavior - Dating, Marriage, DivorceMarriage, partnerships, unions; familyIntrafamily relationships
LCC
HQ75.8 .W56 .B74Social sciencesThe family. Marriage, Women and SexualityThe Family. Marriage. WomenSexual lifeHomosexuality. Lesbianism
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Reviews
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Rating
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Languages
Dutch, English, German
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Paper, Ebook
ISBNs
11
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