'A breeze' The Times 'Delightful comedy of manners' iPaper ' A welcome tenth instalment of
his iconic Tales Of The City saga' Mail on Sunday 'A witty novel about identity and finding a
family in 1980s England' Woman&Home 'The message still shines out in the new book: find the
people who love and understand you' The Scotsman ____________________ The tenth novel in
the beloved Tales of the City series Armistead Maupin's best-selling San Francisco saga.
When Mona Ramsey married Lord Teddy Roughton to secure his visa-allowing him to remain in San
Francisco to fulfil his wildest dreams-she never imagined she would by age 48 be the sole
owner of Easley House a romantic country manor in the UK. Now with her adopted son Wilfred
Mona has opened Easley's doors to paying guests to keep her inherited English manor afloat. As
they welcome a married American couple to Easley Mona and Wilfred discover their new guests'
terrible secret. Instead of focussing on the imminent arrival of old friend Michael Tolliver
and matriarch Anna Madrigal Mona will need to use her considerable charm willpower and wiles
to set things right before Easley's historic Midsummer ceremony. Hurdling barriers both social
and sexual Maupin leads the eccentric tenants of Barbary Lane through heartbreak and triumph
through nail-biting terrors and gleeful coincidences in 1980s San Francisco and beyond. The
result is a glittering and addictive comedy of manners that continues to beguile new
generations of readers.
