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  • Tales of the City, Book 5
  • By: Armistead Maupin
  • Narrated by: Cynthia Nixon
  • Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (59 ratings)
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Significant Others

By: Armistead Maupin
Narrated by: Cynthia Nixon
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Summary

Inspiration for the Netflix Limited Series, Tales of the City

The fifth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s best-selling San Francisco saga.

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.

©1987 The Chronicle Publishing Company (P)2012 HarperCollinsPublishers
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A joy to listen to

I effortlessly breezed thru this audio book in just a few days. Wonderful, tantalising characters, expertly brought to life by Cynthia Nixon and written so tangibly by Armistead Maupin. I was hooked by the storylines and couldn't wait to get thru each chapter.

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Flagging a bit

Story is okay but not as rich and engrossing as the others. Cynthia Nixon does a fantastic job at narrating.

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So many characters...

There are SO many characters in this book, it was hard to keep up. I had to write them down, there were so many. Multiple plots. I couldn't invest in any of the characters as they just didn't seem appealing to me. It certainly seems a stand out book for the time it was published (a good few decades ago) regarding LGBTQ relationships. Narration was very good.

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