OK, so Tampa writer Paul Guzzo is likely not the second coming of James Thurber.
But, who knows, maybe his The Overnight Family Man, a unlikely journal of an unlikely journey into the unlikeliest of fatherhood experiences, could be in the running for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. What the hell, Kinky Friedman was a finalist a couple of years back for Texas Hold ‘Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle and Came Back as a Horny Toad. More recently, Jancee Dunn was recognized for Why Is My Mother Getting a Tattoo?
We’re talking genre expansive enough–and forgiving enough–to allow, for example, for the lighter side of baby bowel movements. Yeah, stuff, so to speak, happens, so why not share? But it’s also about a commitment to a woman and adopting, in effect, her children and then having one of your own. Basically, OFM is the unlikely saga of one of many guys who never got the family and fatherhood memo, but who has the wherewithal and cojones to put it down in print.
The Overnight Family Man is now available on Amazon.com.