Significant Others (Tales of the City, Book 5)
by Armistead Maupin
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Author: Armistead MaupinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1989-09-06
ISBN: 0060964081
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Book Review: Fun in the country
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the fifth in the TALES OF THE CITY series featuring the lives and loves of an eclectic group of friends in San Francisco. The series is a continuing arc so those new to the series should begin at the beginning, TALES OF THE CITY and continue in order.
It is nearly a decade since Mary Ann Singleton decided to flee her native Cleveland and settle in San Francisco. She has managed to achieve the all three of the elusive marks of success at the same time - a good job (host of a morning tv talk show) - a good apartment (a penthouse overlooking her former home on Barbary Lane) and a great lover (hunky husband Brian). To add to the equation the pair even have the ultimate yuppie accessory, a daughter, Shawna (aka Puppy). Life is just too wonderful but change is in the wind. In the course of interviewing a celebrity, the plus size model, Wren events are set into motion that will ripple through the Barbary Lane community sending them into the wilds of the Russian River Valley.
Our old friends (and some new ones) venture out of the City and into an exclusive all male retreat for the wealthy and powerful, a not so exclusive all female festival and a couple cabins by the river. That these unlikely groups will meet is inevitable as is the hilarity that will follow.
This series has been labeled as 'gay fiction', and while it does include many characters that are gay and touch on subjects of concern to the GLBT community it is a well written collection of stories about warm, believable characters who deal with situations everyone can relate to in a delightfully funny manner.
Summary of Significant Others (Tales of the City, Book 5)
Tranquillity reigns in the ancient redwood forest until a women-only music festival sets up camp downriver from an all-male retreat for the ruling class. Among those entangled in the ensuing mayhem are a lovesick nurseryman, a panic-stricken philanderer, and the world?s most beautiful fat woman. Significant Others is Armistead Maupin?s cunningly observed meditation on marriage, friendship, and sexual nostalgia.
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