Tales of the City is the first book in a series. KCPL also carries 28 Barbary Lane, an omnibus containing the first three books, and Back to Barbary Lane, a collection of the next three novels.
Friday, June 14, 2013
Let's take a trip in Mr. Peabody's Wayback machine.
We hop on in 2013, and tumble out in 1976. It's the bicentennial year and things look pretty groovy. Folks are in bell-bottom pants and comfy caftans, riding bikes and roller skating. Can you dig it? I knew you could.
Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City begins in '76 San Francisco, when Mary Ann Singleton from Cleveland moves into 28 Barbary Lane. Then it's time to meet the neighbors, including landlady Mrs. Madrigal who welcomes Mary Ann with a "homegrown" gift taped to her door; friendly Michael Tolliver, broken up with his boyfriend and still looking for love; lothario bachelor Brian Hawkins; and turned on and tuned in Mona Ramsey. An eccentric, fun loving, free wheeling group, they weave in and out of each others lives and in essence become an unconventional, close-knit family. Originally serialized in the San Francisco chronicle, chapters are short and from various character viewpoints. When reading it, really think about that mid-70's time period, and you'll see why it was considered quite the provocative publication.
Tales of the City is the first book in a series. KCPL also carries 28 Barbary Lane, an omnibus containing the first three books, and Back to Barbary Lane, a collection of the next three novels.
Tales of the City is the first book in a series. KCPL also carries 28 Barbary Lane, an omnibus containing the first three books, and Back to Barbary Lane, a collection of the next three novels.
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