Annotation
For almost four decades Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City has blazed its own trail through popular culture—from a groundbreaking newspaper serial to a classic novel, to a television event that entranced millions around the world. The first of nine novels about the denizens of the mythic apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane, Tales is both a sparkling comedy of manners and an indelible portrait of an era that changed forever the way we live.
Author Notes
Armistead Maupin is the author of Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Babycakes, Significant Others, Sure of You, and Maybe the Moon. In 1994 Tales of the City became a controversial but highly acclaimed miniseries on public television. More Tales of the City became a Showtime original miniseries in 1998. Maupin lives in San Francisco.
Characters
| Name | Singleton, Mary Ann |
| Gender | Female |
| Genre | Fiction Humor --Comedy of manners Adventure Collection |
| Topics | Friendship 1970s culture Bohemian lifestyle California lifestyle Women's lives Moving Life changes |
| Setting | San Francisco, California California |
| Series | ||
| Tales of the City | ||
| 1 | Tales of the city | |
| 2 | More tales of the city | |
| 3 | Further tales of the city | |
| 4 | Babycakes | |
| 5 | Significant others | |
| 6 | Sure of you | |
| 7 | Michael Tolliver lives | |
| 8 | Mary Ann in autumn | |
| 9 | The Days of Anna Madrigal | |