![]() ![]() At 92, she has plans to ‘leave like a lady’ having finally found peace with her devoted caregiver Jake. It feels melancholy then to be reviewing the last of the Tales of the City series T he Days of Anna Madrigal – over twenty years after I started the books – and indeed, melancholy is the over-riding feel of the novel.Īgain, we follow one of modern literature’s most loved and unforgettable characters, the inimitable Anna Madrigal – legendary transgender landlady and pot smoker extraordinaire – as she embarks on one last road trip to exorcise the ghosts of her past. So, I read the first book in the city where it was set and over following years read the nine books that followed loving each one, calling them my ‘treat’ books and savouring another chance to enter the world that Maupin had created. My then work colleagues clubbed together and a farewell present gave me some much-needed dollars tucked inside the first Tales of the City. In 1997, a friend and I were headed for a three-month trip to the US with San Francisco as one of our stops. ![]()
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