“I was a single, forty-year-old man stuck in intermission, wondering when the next act would start. My life needed that proverbial shot in the arm. What it would get, though, would prove to be more like electroshock therapy.” For Edwin John Wintle, the next act begins in an unexpected way --- with a sudden immersion in parenthood. His intelligent but troubled 13-year-old niece, Tiffany, moves from her suburban Connecticut home into his Manhattan apartment, turning both of their lives upside down.

In Breakfast with Tiffany, Wintle chronicles the first turbulent year he and Tiffany spend together. There is Tiffany’s penchant for befriending the wrong people, her academic struggles, and her emotional baggage from a difficult childhood. But there is also another side of Tiffany: that of a witty and vibrant young woman with an undeniable talent as a singer.

Along the way, as instant parent Uncle Eddy adapts to life with his new charge, he relives and comes to terms with his own youthful struggles and disappointments. With honesty, insight, and a healthy dose of humor, Wintle shares how he and Tiffany came to forge an unlikely family of two.