Significant Others (Tales of the City, Book 5) by Armistead Maupin Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Significant Others (Tales of the City, Book 5)
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.
Book Review: The family is still tight
Summary: 5 Stars
As expected, this volumn carries on the tale of Anna Madrigal's eccentric family, expanding past San Fran and taking on the world.Book Review: so much more 'Tales of the City'
Summary: 5 Stars
Those who like or even love the Tales of the City' series by Maupin will continue to be thrilled and enthralled by the intricate doings in and around 28 Barbary Lane and even the Russian River ( as some of them go on vacation ). As someone who left the Bay Area a few years before the time span of these books began - they bring back the charm and excitement of the days before AIDS and doom and gloom took over. If you make it through to book 7 and read Michael Tolliver Lives you will probably see much more of yourselves - as we remainders slide into late middle age and face the pills, shots, serums, and sometimes lonelyness as cadres of freinds have passed beyond, and only a few of us dinosaurs still plod along. This series never fails to lift my spirits - thanks Armistead for bringing a lovely era back to glorious light !