{"product_id":"9780062196279","title":"The Days of Anna Madrigal (Tales of the City Series #9)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe ninth novel in the beloved \u003cb\u003eTales of the City\u003c\/b\u003e series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga, soon to return to television as a Netflix original series once again starring Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Days of Anna Madrigal\u003c\/b\u003e, the suspenseful, comic, and touching novel, follows one of modern literature’s most unforgettable and enduring characters—Anna Madrigal, the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane—as she embarks on a road trip that will take her deep into her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome members of Anna’s family are bound for the otherworldly landscape of Burning Man, the art community in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert where 60,000 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011317252336,"sku":"9780062196279","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062196279_p0.jpg?v=1763627138","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062196279","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}