6/25/2023 0 Comments The guncle reviewSara and Patrick were extremely close at college, then she married his brother, Greg, and they became less close.īut Patrick still treasures their memories and he has never forgotten their deep relationship. Maisie and Grant come into Patrick’s lonely, isolated life one summer when his once-best friend Sara dies. (They also call him GUP, which stands for Gay Uncle Pat.) Guncle=Gay Uncle, which is what his niece, 9-year-old Maisie and nephew, 6-year-old Grant, call him. (Think "Friends.") His catchphrase – people throw it at him when they see him – was “And that’s how you do it!” – particularly apt for this story.īut he has retired to the desert, to Palm Springs, California, enveloped in deep grief owing to the death of the great love of his life, his partner Joe. The protagonist, Patrick O’Hara, is an actor whose face is instantly recognizable, as he was in a sitcom, "The People Upstairs," a television hit for many years. It’s a book about love, loss, and dealing with grief, and probably one of the best books I have read recently that covers all of these. It’s not "light" though it does have a lot of humor. "The Guncle" was recommended to me as a light summer read, a funny novel to take to the beach. Steven Rowley, the bestselling author of "Lily and the Octopus" and "The Editor" now has a new novel, "The Guncle," published by G.P Putnam's Sons.
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