Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight? by Dan Bucatinsky

I also saw myself in this as a parent and thought “Oh, I’m not alone with my thoughts.” It’s good not to be all alone with these feelings and as is usual for me, Dan is the perfect company to keep.'-Lisa Kudrow But after reading his book, I feel like I’ve seen him without a stitch, no cover, completely bare. We’ve worked together for almost ten years. 'I read Dan's compelling and 'modern' book in almost one sitting and when my face wasn't in my hands laughing myself silly, I was touched and moved by Dan's ability to stay in his heart.' -Jane Lynch It’s brilliant and SO funny.” –Gwyneth Paltrow, Oscar-winning actress and author of My Father's Daughter It’s a hilarious account of Dan’s journey through life, love, Hollywood, and fatherhood. He's a gifted writer with a hilarious voice and rapier wit. “I was laughing out loud as I read Dan's book of parental (mis)adventures. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Bucatinsky’s soul-baring and honest stories tap into that all-encompassing, and very human, hunger to be a parent-and the life-changing and often ridiculous road to getting there.

In Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight? Bucatinsky moves deftly from sidesplitting stories about where kids put their fingers to the realization that his athletic son might just grow up to be straight and finally to a reflection on losing his own father just as he’s becoming one. Two and a half years later, the same birth mother-a heroically generous, pack-a-day teen with a passion for Bridezilla marathons and Mountain Dew-delivered a son into the couple’s arms. In 2005, Dan Bucatinsky and his partner, Don Roos, found themselves in an LA delivery room, decked out in disposable scrubs from shower cap to booties, to welcome their adopted baby girl-launching their frantic yet memorable adventures into fatherhood. From actor/writer/producer Dan Bucatinsky, executive producer of NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?, a collection of snort-milk-through-your-nose funny stories of parenthood that will obliterate the boundaries of gender and sexual orientation, and sweep readers up on a journey into fatherhood-warts and all.

Does This Baby Make Me Look Straight? by Dan Bucatinsky