Tales of the City: The Days of Anna Madrigal (Hardcover)

from hopeevey

I love this book so much I don't know how to express it. I may write more about it, when the dazzling beauty has sunk in a bit more.

from silversurfer

Reading this was like sitting down to tea with old friends. All of these character's will remain in my heart long after the last word has been read. Mr. Maupin creates a warm and lasting goodbye to these people. Yes, to me, they are more than just character's in a book. And they are all here. Bri...

from mtbearded1

67 of 75 in 2015. I remember, oh my God was it really 39 years ago, picking up the San Francisco Chronicle at my parents' home in northern California, and finding a serialized novel being printed--a novel set in San Francisco and full of eccentric and wonderful characters, including a young gay m...

from MCampbellUNPress

What can I say? You had me at Richard Halliburton. I own a copy of The Complete Book of Marvels, Armistead. "They were just being _vivid_." That is priceless, Anna. Not to mention Winnemucca and Burning Man. A wonderful book. The barely adult characters we met in vol. 1 of Tales are now becoming ...

from ozzieslim

I have read the whole Tales of the City canon. I have loved every minute of it. I have laughed. I have shed one or two tears. I have been frustrated with some characters and looked forward to the re-appearance of many. I was sad when some died. The characters in the pages of these books are like ...