{"product_id":"9780062112576","title":"Babycakes (Tales of the City Series #4)","description":"\u003cblockquote\u003e\"An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an ordinary househusband and his ambitious wife decide to start a family, they discover there's more to making a baby then meets the eye.  Help arrives in the form of a grieving gay neighbor, a visiting monarch, and the dashing young lieutenant who defects from her yacht. Bittersweet and profoundly affecting, \u003cem\u003eBabycakes\u003c\/em\u003e was the first work of fiction to acknowledge the arrival of AIDS. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Armistead is a true original. His tales are bang up-to-date. They will surprise and maybe even shock you, but, I promise, they will make you laugh.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Ian McKellen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Maupin has a genius for observation. His characters have the timing of vaudeville comics, flawed by human frailty and fueled by blind hop.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e--Denver Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Armistead Maupin's San Francisco saga careens beautifully on.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cem\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077939904752,"sku":"9780062112576","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062112576_p0.jpg?v=1763626547","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062112576","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}