Mary Ann in Autumn

2010 novel by Armistead Maupin
0-06-147088-0Preceded byMichael Tolliver Lives Followed byThe Days of Anna Madrigal 

Mary Ann in Autumn (2010) is the eighth book in the Tales of the City series by San Francisco novelist Armistead Maupin. It was released on November 2, 2010.

Premise

Mary Ann Singleton, now in her late fifties,[1] returns from New York City with a reason to seek support and a secret that she needs to share with Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver.

Plot summary

Mary Ann Singleton Carruthers flees her luxurious life in Darien, Connecticut for San Francisco, seeking solace from old friend Michael Tolliver. Reeling from both ill health and her husband's infidelity, she asks Michael if she can stay in his guest cottage while she recuperates.

Meanwhile, other former Barbary Lane residents show up in the novel: Mary Ann's adoptive daughter Shawna is a popular sex blogger and is dating Otto, a clown;[2] Anna Madrigal has mostly recovered from the stroke she had in Michael Tolliver Lives; Michael's assistant, Jake Greenleaf, wrestles with his attraction to a closeted Mormon missionary who is involved in the movement to "cure" homosexuals; and Jake, a trans man, despairs of ever saving enough money to pay for surgery. Ironically, his dream of having a hysterectomy is the same nightmare that Mary Ann is facing.

As the novel progresses, Dede and D'Orothea show up to help Mary Ann with her recuperation, Shawna befriends a homeless junkie prostitute, Jake makes a startling discovery, and a threat from the past comes back to haunt the former Barbary Lane residents.

References

  1. ^ "Review: Mary Ann in Autumn by Armistead Maupin". The Book Stop. 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  2. ^ "Mary Ann in Autumn by Armistead Maupin". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2022-09-26.

External links

  • Mary Ann in Autumn at ArmisteadMaupin.com
  • "Back to the City" by The New York Times Sunday Book Review
  • "As his characters reach middle age, Armistead Maupin has got his mojo back." The Guardian.
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Works by Armistead Maupin
Tales of the City novels
  • Tales of the City (1978)
  • More Tales of the City (1980)
  • Further Tales of the City (1982)
  • Babycakes (1984)
  • Significant Others (1987)
  • Sure of You (1989)
  • Michael Tolliver Lives (2007)
  • Mary Ann in Autumn (2010)
  • The Days of Anna Madrigal (2014)
Other novels
  • Maybe the Moon (1992)
  • The Night Listener (2000)
Adaptations
  • Tales of the City (1993)
  • More Tales of the City (1998)
  • Further Tales of the City (2001)
  • The Night Listener (2006)
  • Tales of the City (2019)


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