Listened to on audiobook and it took me a long time to finish. Not that I wasn't enjoying every minute, but a trip interrupted and then my headphone jack broke. I resurrected a pair of wireless earbuds that I received for a gift several years ago and, after a couple of issues getting them charged, managed to finish the book. At last!
Written entirely in the voice of the Guncle--Gay Uncle Pat--who takes on his niece and nephew after their mother dies and their father checks himself into rehab. I'd expected it to be slapstick hilarious, but it wasn't. Not at all. His endless self-berating and self-questioning even made it sad at times. And of course sadness came from the kids losing a mother and him losing her too--she was his best friend--on top of his unresolved grief at a lover who'd died some years before.
But he persisted and they persisted and eventually came to get along, as you would expect from reading the cover. And overall, it was surprisingly good. Very good.
Recommended. For anyone except, or maybe including, those narrow-minded nutcases who think gay people shouldn't be allowed.
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