Through jokes, screams, and a very gay life, Patrick helps Maisie and Grant to understand more about grief. Families ignored them, and the world, in general, denied their existence. They were not allowed in the graveyards for the services. In the 90s, Queer people had no right to visit their dying partners, and they have no saying on calling out if they wanted to pull the plug or not when needed. People that were alive and not part of the Queer community during the early 80s and early 90s seem to have forgotten in full the hardships the community had to endure to survive. Some people may say the story is cliche and predictable however, the representation of the Queer Generation X (1965-1979) is all that matters. He needed time and space after a tragedy shocked his life, and his best friend found a way to bring him back to the land of the living. He has been hiding from the public eye and his family. Patrick is a Hollywood star who has been hiding for quite some time in the desert – Palm Springs. The approach of being a gay uncle and that the story does not go around his sexuality or his romantic life made it feel fresh and new! – it has those elements, but they are 100% secondary to the matter of the book. The Guncle by Steven Rowley is one of the gayest and sweetest stories I have read this year.
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