Days of Anna Madrigal

<p><strong><em>New York Times</em> Bestseller</strong></p><p><strong>Wonderful. . . . As compulsively readable and endearing as all the previous novels have been. -- <em>Booklist </em>(starred review)</strong></p><p><strong>Suspenseful comic and profoundly moving <em>The Days of Anna Madrigal </em>the ninth installment in Armistead Maupin's bestselling<em> Tales of the City series </em>follows one of modern literature's most beloved and indelible characters--Anna Madrigal the transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane--as she embarks on a road trip that will take her deep into her complicated past</strong></p><p>Now ninety-two and committed to the notion of leaving like a lady Mrs. Madrigal has seemingly found peace with her logical family in San Francisco: her devoted young caretaker Jake Greenleaf; her former tenant Brian Hawkins and his daughter Shawna; and Michael Tolliver and Mary Ann Singleton who have known and loved Anna for nearly four decades.</p><p>Some members of Anna's family are bound for the otherworldly landscape of Burning Man the art community in Nevada's Black Rock Desert where 60000 revelers gather to construct a city designed to last only one week. Anna herself has another destination in mind: a lonely stretch of road outside of Winnemucca where the 16-year-old boy she once was ran away from the whorehouse he called home. With Brian and his beat-up RV she journeys into the dusty troubled heart of her Depression childhood to unearth a lifetime of secrets and dreams and attend to unfinished business she has long avoided.</p>