Looking for a book about a widowed father

[Anonymous]

Is it okay to ask for help with finding a book here?
Lots of people here who read a lot, so perhaps you know which book I’m thinking of but can’t find.

I am looking for a book or an essay by a man who became an involuntary father.

This is what I know about it,
Man and his wife living in a city. I think the man was American.
His wife wanted to have children. He did not want to have children.
They followed her wish, and had a child, a daughter (I think).
His wife died.
He is now a single father and a widower. And an involuntary father.
He wrote a book/essay about this.

I think this was 10 years ago, or less.

I have tried to google with different key words, but all the results I get are wrong.
All the results I get are either about men who are involuntary childless, or about widowed fathers in general.

[Anonymous]

Here is another place to look for help:

https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthatbook/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is another place to look for help:

https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsthatbook/

PP. It would probably help if you added any other details you can remember. When you read it, people's names, any other details from the book you remember.

I tried to Google but closest I found was a book about a real couple that both wanted a baby. This book was called "Two Kisses for Maddy" but was renamed "Fatherhood" after a movie was made based on the story.

[Anonymous]

Thank you!

I will keep on looking.
The problem is that it's not a book that I have read, I have only read about it, or about the widower.
Perhaps it not even a book, it might be an essay or a magazine article.

Thank you again!

[Anonymous]

The Widower's Notebook

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36906101-the-widower-s-notebook?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=eC8sFq5ke4&rank=1

[Anonymous]

ChatGPT suggests I Will Do Better by Charles Bock.

[Anonymous]

Charles Bock! That's him! That's the book!

Thank You!