If you Loved The Guncle…

You will want to dive into The Guncle Abroad as Patrick’s adventures continue. Now a New Yorker, Patrick has come out of retirement and is a successful actor. His widower brother, who lost his wife in The Guncle, has found love again and is getting married in romantic Lake Como, Italy. Patrick is back with his niece and nephew overseas, navigating the upcoming nuptuals and the soon to be new relatives, including a launt (lesbian aunt) and all the emotions that go with it. Family relationships, along with Patrick’s recent breakup with Emory, Maisie’s teenage mood swings and Grant’s wish for a mother figure all contribute to the upheaval, the charm and the unique connections the charachters develop that all readers will enjoy!

Author Steven Rowley gives Patrick and his family depth and great timing, with a laugh out loud sense of humor that will keep you engaged in this heartwarming sequel that celebrates love!

About the Author

Steven Rowley is the New York Times bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus, a Washington Post Notable Book of 2016, The Editor, named by NPR as one of the Best Books of 2019, The Guncle, a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for 2021 Novel of the Year and winner of the 22nd Thurber Prize for American Humor, and The Celebrants, a TODAY Show Read With Jenna Book Club pick. His fiction has been published in twenty languages. All of his books are in development for feature film or television adaptation.

Originally from Portland, Maine, he is a graduate of Emerson College and currently resides in Palm Springs with his husband, the writer Byron Lane, and two rescue dogs.