Breakfast with Tiffany: An Uncle's Memoir

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.

Product details

• Authors: Edwin Wintle, Edwin J. Wintle, Wintle Edwin
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.05.2006
• EAN: 9781416511175
• ISBN: 978-1-4165-1117-5
• No. of pages: 311
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Pocket Paperbacks; Pocket Paperbacks
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; New York, Biography: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Life Stages / Adolescence, Teenagers: advice for parents, Age groups: adolescents, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, New York (state)