Agent: Rob Weisbach, Rob Weisbach Creative Management. Readers will find this delightful and illuminating. Rowley finds humor and poignancy in the snappy narrative, ordered by a series of “Guncle Rules” (“number five,” applying to the adult content in Patrick’s apps: “If a gay man hands you his phone, look only at what he’s showing you”) and deepened by lessons the grief-stricken children learn via Patrick from generations of gay life. Fortunately, he has help from a new agent the “throuple” of three men next door and his sister, Clara, despite Clara’s skepticism over the value of Patrick’s screwball antics for the children. As Patrick navigates his grief and responsibilities for the children, who call him their “Guncle” (or “GUP,” for gay uncle Patrick), he contemplates a comeback. Patrick agrees to watch over Greg’s children, Maise and Grant, nine and six, while Greg spends a few months in rehab. With the humor and heart weve come to expect from bestselling author Steven Rowley, The Guncle is a moving tribute to the power of love, patience, and family in even the most trying of times. While Patrick is in Connecticut for the funeral, widower Greg confesses he’s developed an addiction to painkillers. Patrick O’Hara is four years out of the limelight and living in Palm Springs, Calif., when he learns his best friend and sister-in-law, Sara, has died after a long illness. In this heartwarming, hilarious novel from Rowley ( The Editor), an erstwhile sitcom star ends up taking care of his niece and nephew.
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