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Mary Ann in Autumn: A Tales of the City Novel
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LENGTH7 hrs and 51 mins
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RELEASE DATE11-02-10
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Publisher's Summary
A hilarious and touching new installment of Armistead Maupin's beloved Tales of the City series.
Twenty years have passed since Mary Ann Singleton left her husband and child in San Francisco to pursue her dream of a television career in New York. Now a pair of personal calamities has driven her back to the city of her youth and into the arms of her oldest friend, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver, a gardener happily ensconced with his much-younger husband.
Mary Ann finds temporary refuge in the couple's backyard cottage, where, at the unnerving age of 57, she licks her wounds and takes stock of her mistakes. Soon, with the help of Facebook and a few old friends, she begins to reengage with life, only to confront fresh terrors when her checkered past comes back to haunt her in a way she could never have imagined.
After the intimate first-person narrative of Maupin's last novel, Michael Tolliver Lives, Mary Ann in Autumn marks the author's return to the multicharacter plotlines and darkly comic themes of his earlier work. Among those caught in Mary Ann's orbit are her estranged daughter, Shawna, a popular sex blogger; Jake Greenleaf, Michael's transgendered gardening assistant; socialite DeDe Halcyon-Wilson; and the indefatigable Anna Madrigal, Mary Ann's former landlady at 28 Barbary Lane.
More than three decades in the making, Armistead Maupin's legendary Tales of the City series rolls into a new age, still sassy, irreverent, and curious, and still exploring the boundaries of the human experience with insight, compassion, and mordant wit.
©2010 Armistead Maupin (P)2010 HarperCollins Publishers
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What Members Say
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"Just okay."
Characters were interesting and written with empathy. I learned a lot about transsexuals. This book was not great, not terrible.
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Keith Springfield, MO, United States 01-10-11 Member Since 2007- HELPFUL VOTES
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"He Has Done It Again!"
This was a great read! Once again, Armistead Maupin has taken us back to the familiar city and characters we have loved for years. Given the way he goes back to previous stories, it was like a love letter to those of us who have read and re-read the previous works in the series. The story, however, does not require one to have read the previous books. Armistead Maupin is one of those rare authors who is capable of reading his own work! Great job all around! I would highly recommend this book to others!
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Stephane Gelinas Montreal, Qc, Canada 04-16-13 Member Since 2012- HELPFUL VOTES
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"A great 'Tales of the City' novel!"
Reconnecting with all the characters from Tales of the City is like comfort food. There all here: Mary Ann, Mouse, Miss Madrigal...the book, like its predecessors, has a great plot (revisiting some unfinished business from the first tome), funny and tender moments... It's a must for fans of the series! Read by M. Maupin himself, that's great!
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Marianna Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 01-07-13 Member Since 2012
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"Well written and well read"
If you could sum up Mary Ann in Autumn in three words, what would they be?Entertaining, provocative, satisfying
What other book might you compare Mary Ann in Autumn to and why?The rest in the series.
What about Armistead Maupin’s performance did you like?Excellent reader; easy to listen to with wonderful character development
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?A must see if you've lived through the 70's & 80's.
Any additional comments?Once I listened to "Tales of the CIty" I couldn't stop wanting to know more about the characters of Barberry Lane. I wish, however, that I had realized that this is the last in the series as it would be better to read or listen to them in sequence. So now I'm listening to them out of order but because of the narrater I don't mind.
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"Mary Ann's OK"
I found this engaging enough to distract me during a long car trip, but not really great.
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"Skip it"
Really liked the original TALES OF THE CITY books; was excited when I read that Maupin was revisiting the characters. But, after SURE OF YOU and now this book, it's clear that some things are much better left in the past. I remember the original books as bright, open and generous. The new two, though, are gloomy, clastrophobia, dull and not even well written. Was Maupin always this bad at writing believable dialogue? I'm tempted to go back to the orginal books and see but, really, it's probably better just to leave them in the past.
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