Dan Bucatinsky: Does This Make Me Look Straight?

Confessions of a Gay Dad. USA 2012, 245 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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In 2005, Dan Bucatinsky and his partner, Don Roos, found themselves in an L.A. delivery room, checked out in disposable scrubs from a shower cap to booties, to welcome their adopted baby girl - launching their frantic yet memorable adventures into fatherhood. 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 this memoir, Bucatinsky moves deftly from the 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. These stories tap into that all-encompassing, and very human, hunger to be a parent.

Lesley-A. Jones: Mercury

An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury. USA 2012, 352pp. with numerous b/w + colour photographs, hardbound, € 24.39
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As lead vocalist for the iconic rock band Queen, Freddie Mercury's unmatched skills as a songwriter and his flamboyant showmanship made him a superstar and Queen a household name. But despite his worldwide fame, few people ever glimpsed the man behind the glittering facade. Now, more than 20 years after his death, those closest to Mercury are finally opening up about this pivotal figure in Rock'n'Roll. Based on more than a hundred interviews, Rock journalist Jones gained access to Mercury's tribe, and she details Queen's slow but steady rise to fame and Mercury's descent into dangerous, pleasure-seeking excesses - this was, after all, a man who once declared, »Darling, I'm doing everything with everyone.« This biography offers an unvarnished look at the extreme highs and lows of a life in the fast lane.