Tales of the City 08 - Mary Ann in Autumn

word, left his card on her tray. He had written his phone number on the back.
    “Would your friend like a treat?” he asked.
    She looked directly into his eyes. “I’m sure she would love one.”
    He smiled a languid George Clooney smile as he reached into his shirt pocket for a dog biscuit. She took it from him without comment, leaning down to the Burberry-plaid carrying case at her feet and unzipping the panel on its side.
    Blossom gobbled it up with gusto.

About the Author
    A rmistead Maupin is the author of the Tales of the City series, of which Mary Ann in Autumn is the eighth book and which includes Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Further Tales of the City, Babycakes, Significant Others, Sure of You, and Michael Tolliver Lives . Three television miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney were made from the first three Tales novels. Maupin is also the author of Maybe the Moon and The Night Listener , the latter of which became a feature film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette. A stage musical version of Tales of the City will have its world premiere at San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater in May, 2011. Maupin lives in San Francisco with his husband, Christopher Turner.
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Also by Armistead Maupin
    N OVELS
    Tales of the City
    More Tales of the City
    Further Tales of the City
    Babycakes
    Significant Others
    Sure of You
    Maybe the Moon
    The Night Listener
    Michael Tolliver Lives
    C OLLECTIONS
    28 Barbary Lane
    Back to Barbary Lane

Copyright
    This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
    MARY ANN IN AUTUMN. Copyright © 2010 by Armistead Maupin. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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    EPub Edition © 2010 ISBN: 9780062020147

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