Significant Others
Tranquillity reigns in the ancient redwood forest until a women-only music festival sets up camp downriver from an all-male retreat for the ruling class. Among those entangled in the ensuing mayhem are a lovesick nurseryman, a panic-stricken philanderer, and the world’s most beautiful fat woman....
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Tranquillity reigns in the ancient redwood forest until a women-only music festival sets up camp downriver from an all-male retreat for the ruling class. Among those entangled in the ensuing mayhem are a lovesick nurseryman, a panic-stricken philanderer, and the world’s most beautiful fat woman. Significant Others is Armistead Maupin’s cunningly observed meditation on marriage, friendship, and sexual nostalgia.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060964085 (0060964081)
ASIN: 60964081
Publish date: May 29th 2007
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 322
Edition language: English
Series: Tales of the City (#5)
definitely the best in the series so far. 2.5 stars.
I have now read all of the Tales of the City series. It has taken me 13 years, and I've read them completely out of order. Some day, I will read them all in order, and make much more sense of them. Of course, they stand alone well enough to be engaging. In capturing the essence of the time and p...
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