The Days of Anna Madrigal

Marc Notes: Unabridged.; Compact disc.; Read by Kate Mulgrew.; Follows ninety-two-year-old Anna Madrigal, the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane, as she joins her former tenant Brian on a road trip to Nevada where she attends to unfinished business she has long avoided. Publisher Marketing: 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 into 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 community in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada where sixty thousand revelers will build a temporary city (Michael calls it a Fellini carnival on Mars ) designed to last only a 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 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. Review Citations: Audio File 10/01/2014 pg. 26 (EAN 9781482991246, Compact Disc) - *Starred Review New York Times Book Review 02/08/2015 pg. 28 (EAN 9780062298720, Paperback) Library Journal Prepub Alert 09/01/2013 pg. 82 (EAN 9780062196248, Hardcover) Library Journal 11/01/2013 pg. 80 (EAN 9780062196248, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 11/11/2013 (EAN 9780062196248, Hardcover) Booklist 11/15/2013 pg. 21 (EAN 9780062196248, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2013 (EAN 9780062196248, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 01/19/2014 pg. 10 (EAN 9780062196248, Hardcover) Shelf Awareness 01/24/2014 (EAN 9780062196248, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 01/26/2014 pg. 26 (EAN 9780062196248, Hardcover) People Weekly 02/03/2014 pg. 55 (EAN 9780062196248, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 02/14/2014 pg. 70 (EAN 9780062196248, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Maupin, Armistead Armistead Maupin is the author of the nine-volume Tales of the City series, which includes Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Babycakes, Significant Others, Sure of You, Michael Tolliver Lives, Mary Ann in Autumn, and now The Days of Anna Madrigal. Maupin's other novels include Maybe the Moon and The Night Listener. Maupin was the 2012 recipient of the Lambda Literary Foundation's Pioneer Award. He lives in San Francisco with his husband, the photographer Christopher Turner. Contributor Bio:  Mulgrew, Kate Kate Mulgrew has performed on stage in Shaw, Shakespeare, and Tennessee Williams; she has starred in such films as A Stranger is Watching and Round Numbers; she has also done considerable work on television.