The Days of Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City, #9)

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Suspenseful, comic, and touching, the ninth and final novel in Armistead Maupin s bestselling Tales of the City series follows one of modern literature s most unforgettable and enduring characters Anna Madrigal, the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane on a road trip that will take her deep in her past.Now a fragile ninety two years old and committed to the notion of leaving like a lady, Anna Madrigal has seemingly found peace in the bosom of her logical family in San Francisco her devoted young caretaker, Jake Greenleaf her former tenant Brian Hawkins Brian s daughter Shawna and Michael Tolliver and Mary Ann Singleton, who have known and loved Anna for nearly four decades Some members of Anna s family are bound for the otherworldly landscape of Burning Man, the art festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada where sixty thousand revelers build a temporary city Michael calls it a Fellini carnival on Mars designed to last only one week Anna herself has another Nevada destination in mind a lonely stretch of road outside of Winnemucca where the sixteen year old boy she used to be ran away from the whorehouse he then called home With Brian and his beat up RV, she journeys into the dusty, troubled heart of her Depression era childhood, where she begins to unearth a lifetime of secrets and dreams, and to attend to unfinished business she has long avoided. New Read [ The Days of Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City, #9) ] by [ Armistead Maupin ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Having read all of the Tales series, I was very excited to dive into what is to be the last book in the series, which as the title suggests, catches us up on the beloved Anna Madrigal We find Anna in her 90s, aging gracefully and still with all her wit and charm Her storyline shines here through flashbacks to when she was Andy and living at the Blue Moon, a whorehouse run by his mother We see Andy s interest in a local town boy named Lasko, and a horrible misunderstanding that Anna regrets Having read all of the Tales series, I was very excited to dive into what is to be the last book in the series, which as the title suggests, catches us up on the beloved Anna Madrigal We find Anna in...I have loved this series, and have read many of the books multiple times While the writing is fairly average, the CHARACTERS created and developed over the past few decades since 1976 have been warm and endearing and real When walking around SF, it feels like they have truly walked there before me I ve gone in search of some spots immortalized in the novels and mini series, climbed the steps at Macondray aka Barbary Lane, and an Irish Coffee at the Buena Vista immediately after moving her I have loved this series, and have read many of the books multiple times While the writing is fairly average, the CHARACTERS created and developed over the past few decades since 1976 have been warm and endearing and real When walking around SF, it feels like they have truly walked there before me I ve gone in search of some spots immortalized in the novels and mini series, climbed the steps at Macondray aka Barbary Lane, and an Irish Coffee at the Buena Vista immediately after...I feel like a broken record I loved this book and I m sad to see the series end. Seems like I ve been saying that about a lot of these books Maupin keeps moving the goal post on us But, you know what Who cares I m happy to spend as much time with these zany people as possible.In The Days of Anna Madrigal, Maupin redeems the series in expert fashion The last couple of books were the weakest of the bunch, but they did introduce a device that is used to great effect here They wereor le I feel like a broken record I loved this book and I m sad to see the series end. Seems like I ve been saying that about a lot of these books Maupin keeps moving the goal post on us But, you know what Who cares I m happy to spend as much time with these zany people as possible.In The Days of Anna Madrigal, Maupin redeems the series in expert fashion The last couple of books were the weakest of the bunch, but...Stories, in the end, are personal, and because of that reviews tend to be bullshit.The Tales of the City Saga helped me Come Out 25 years ago It taught me the meaning of family real family although I constantly struggle in effectively communicating that today Nearly 18 years later, the series would teach me how to begin growing old, and, in a way that I find eerie to this day, I would find myself living a part of the Tales Saga through my last great relationship You cannot review somethin Stories, in the end, are personal, and because of that reviews tend to be bullshit...Rating 4.8 of fiveThe Publisher Says Suspenseful, comic, and touching, the ninth and final novel in Armistead Maupin s bestselling Tales of the City series follows one of modern literature s most unforgettable and enduring characters Anna Madrigal, the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane on a road trip that will take her deep in her past.Now a fragile ninety two years old and committed to the notion of leaving like a lady, Anna Madrigal has seemingly found peace in the bosom o Rating 4.8 of fiveThe Publisher Says Suspenseful, comic, and touching, the ninth and final novel in Armistead Maupin s bestselling Tales of the City series follows one of modern literature s most unforgettable and enduring characters Anna Madrigal, the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane on a road trip that will take her deep in her past.Now a fragile ninety two years old and committed to the notion of leaving like a lady, Anna Madrigal has seemingly found peace in the bosom of her logical family in San Francisco her devoted young caretaker, Jake Greenleaf her former tenant Brian Hawkins Brian s daughter Shawna and Michael Tolliver and Mary Ann Singleton, who have known and loved Anna for nearly four decades Some members of Anna s family are bound for the otherworldly landscape of Burning Man, the art festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada where sixty thousand revelers build a temporary city Michael calls it a Fellini carnival on Mars designed to last...Mostly really good The Michael character is the only one who feels a little less like his old character andlike the author himself which, yes I know, he was since the beginning Or perhaps it is because we now know Armistead Maupin and his lifethan we did before Of course I loved it because it is a series that was so important to me from day one of my coming out, and I think it was a lovely, sweet, sad, appropriate end to the series It s easy to wish that there wasof one o Mostly really good The Michael...It s funny how things work out I share a place with my sister we are the proverbial Baldwin sisters, she a widow, me a spinster She flew to the left coast for a reunion with friends and I stayed home only to be reunited with my Barbary Lane friends I am not a quick reader, I tend to savour, doubly true in this instance I don t look at these books as independent volumes, but rather additional chapters in the same story Maupin has said this is the last in the series I hope not Sinatra ann It s funny how things work out I share a place with my sister we are the proverbial Baldwin sisters, she a widow, me a spinster She flew to the left coast for a reunion with friends and I stayed home only to be reunited with my Barbary Lane friends I am not a quick reader, I ten...soBurning Man Mr Maupin, you re lucky I love you.You cannot be loved by someone who doesn t want to know you The ninth book in a series, the final book in a series, is often phoned in So many times the reader is as weary as the author, and the partnership is somehow a collusion of two people pretending to still care This, on the other hand, is a benediction A definite farewell, a summation, a wrapping up with bawdy wrapping paper and EL ribbons Things come together in the same magical fashion that one remembers from the earliest moments You cannot be loved by someone who doesn t want to know you The ninth book in a series, the final book in a series, is often phoned in So many times the reader is as weary as the author, and the partnership is somehow a collusion of two people pretending to still care This, on the other hand, is a benediction A definite farewell, a summation, a wrapping up with bawdy wrapping paper and EL ribbons Things come together in the same magical fashion that one remembers from the earliest moments of the series, and the things which happen only seem absurd on their face They are, in fact, inevitable.After nine books, I ve grown to know and love these people More in some cases than people who stalk through my life in all their flesh and blood realness It s hard to say goodbye, but it s time It s right and proper, and Maupin hits it out of the fucking park with this final installment He s certainly matured as a writer over the length o...I enjoyed this, probablythan it deserved I m a huge fan of the entire series, and I was so happy to have a new installment that I pretty much gobbled it up I m particularly fond of what I call the old guard but my husband insists are the classic characters Michael, Mary Ann, Brian, and of course Anna Does anyone else still miss Mona They were all there though Mary Ann s part seemed rather superficial , but a lot of pages too many pages, in my opinion were given over to the n I enjoyed this, probablythan it deserved I m a huge fan of the entire series, and I was so happy to have a new installment that I pretty much gobbled it up I m particularly fond of what I call the old guard but my husband insists are the classic characters Michael, Mary Ann, Brian, and of course Anna Does anyone else still miss Mona They were all there though Mary Ann s part seemed rather superficial , but a lot of pages too many pages, in my opinion were given over to the new folks Wren revived from Significant Others , Shawna, Jake, Ben Okay, I do like Ben , and a smattering of minor characters from earlier novels who reappear in a se...

The Days of Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City, #9)
  • English
  • 10 April 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 270 pages
  • 0062196243
  • Armistead Maupin
  • The Days of Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City, #9)