Breakfast with Tiffany: An Uncle’s Memoir Edwin John Wintle

I finally managed to finish this book! Hurrah! Not that it’s a difficult read, but I wanted to take this one slowly and actually enjoy. It starts off with Uncle Eddy taking on the care and responsibility of his young teenage niece. The fact that Uncle Eddy is gay and that it’s based in New York, make for a very entertaining read. I wonder what the world would be like if we all had someone like Uncle Eddy in our lives, pushing us along, mentoring, caring, passionate and most importantly, believing in us when we’re not the most likeable or when we are at our most vulnerable. Through the book, we’re given glimpses of Uncle Eddy’s past and his own trials and tribulations of doing things that he actually loves (writing, arts) as opposed to things he’s just fallen into (law). We’re also able to follow the timeline through events going on around them (for example, September 11 and the war in Iraq). However, it is through living with his niece that Uncle Eddy actually finds a place for himself. Tiffany the ‘dreaded’ teenager is likeable but in typical teenage fashion, does manage to derail her uncle as well as the reader from time to time. Overall a lovely, and sometimes almost whimsical  memoir.