''The Days of Anna Madrigal'' (2014) is the ninth and final book in the ''

Tales of the City ''Tales of the City'' is a series of nine novels written by American author Armistead Maupin from 1978 to 2014, depicting the life of a group of friends in San Francisco, many of whom are LGBT. The stories from ''Tales'' were originally serial ...

'' series by American novelist

Armistead Maupin Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr. ( ) (born May 13, 1944) is an American writer notable for ''Tales of the City'', a series of novels set in San Francisco. Early life Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., to Diana Jane (Barton) and Armistead Jones Maup ...

. The book was adapted by Lin Coghlan and broadcast as a ten-part radio drama on

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in July 2017.

Plot summary

Anna Madrigal, the 92-year-old former landlady of 28 Barbary Lane, recalls her teen years as Andy Ramsay, the son of a brothel owner in Winnemucca, Nevada. Meanwhile in the present, Anna's longtime friend and former tenant Michael Tolliver finds that his much-younger husband Ben is a constant reminder of his own mortality. Another former tenant, Brian Hawkins, offers to take Anna for a final visit back to Winnemucca, where she claims she has unfinished business, as Brian's adopted daughter Shawna puts the wheels in motion to have a baby. It all converges at

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, an unlikely destination for Anna.

References

External links

''The Days of Anna Madrigal'' at ArmisteadMaupin.com
2014 American novels 2010s LGBT novels Novels by Armistead Maupin Tales of the City Novels with transgender themes HarperCollins books 2014 LGBT-related literary works {{2010s-LGBT-novel-stub