Sure of You (Tales of the City Series, V. 6)

Sure of You (Tales of the City Series, V. 6)
by Armistead Maupin

Sure of You (Tales of the City Series, V. 6)
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Author: Armistead Maupin
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-01-26
ISBN: 0060924845
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Harper Perennial

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Book Review: New Beginnings
Summary: 3 Stars

The Tales of The City series comes to a bittersweet, and for some devoted fans of the series, startling conclusion with Sure Of You. Maupin does have his characters and the readers who have grown to love them face some hard truths. Dramatic changes occur and old bonds are broken, but after all the upheaval, new possibilities emerge and what had seemed to be a sobering conclusion transforms into a promising new beginning.

Some cynics have claimed this is the book that turns the likeable and ambitious character of Mary Ann Singleton into a driven and cold-hearted monster. These cynical readers are wrong and have missed the nuances of Maupin's story. Admittedly, Maupin is particularly kind in his portrayal of Mary Ann; however, he is not entirely unforgiving and we can sympathize to some degree with her choices and the desires that drive them. Mary Ann does make some decisions which deeply wound those she loves and her behavior is sometimes selfish; however, there is never callousness in her actions nor does she lack regret. Furthermore, the choices she makes are driven by a desire to change a life that has fallen into a dark and unhappy rut, which she believes she can only escape by taking a new direction she hopes will finally lead to true happiness for herself, and eventually for Brian. At the end of the novel, while nothing will be the same, new bonds have been forged, some old bonds have been renewed and strengthened, and where some bonds have been severed, there remains the promise of reconciliation between two old friends.

Summary of Sure of You (Tales of the City Series, V. 6)

"An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco."
--New York Times Book Review

A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is trheir longtime friend, a gay man whose own future nis even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate, yet subversively funny, Sure of You could only come from Armistead Maupin.

"An old-fashioned pleasure...there's been nothing like it since the heyday of the serial novel 100 years ago...No matter what Maupin writes next, he can look back on the rare achievement of having built a little world and made it run."
--Voice Literary Supplement

"I know I'm not the only one who was up until 2 in the morning with Sure of You, promising myself to stop after just one more chapter."
--New York Times Book Review

"A quietly understated small masterpiece."
--USA Today

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