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Mona of the Manor
- Tales of the City, Book 10
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin.
Mona is the eccentric Lady of Easley House, running a bed and breakfast to keep her inherited English manor afloat.
Wilfred is Mona's 26-year-old adopted son who spends his weekends in London, looking for love in the gay bars of Soho while pining after his pen pal, Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver.
The current guest of the manor is Rhonda, a straight-laced southern belle who has left her abusive husband and has no idea what to do next, especially in the company of the free-spirited Mona and Wilfred.
Mona of the Manor, the tenth self-contained Tales of the City chronicles, is a sharply witty comedy about identity, assumptions and finding a logical family in 1980s Thatcherite Britain.
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- spencear
- 07-04-24
A comfortable blanket
Returning to the characters from the long Tales of the City books, was like coming home. Mapping moves the story alone without the reader having to have read previous entries (although, that wouldn't hurt), as there are enough call backs to update new readers and reward those who have been long time fans.
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- Mofanning
- 08-04-24
Time with old friends
Very much a book for those familiar with the full Tales of the City series. As a standalone, it doesn’t work. That’s likely not the intent. Slightly annoying where narrator calls Poppy Polly on occasion, but overall enjoyable … if short and slight of story. One for the fans. I am a fan.
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- philip lobatto
- 23-03-24
Mona of the Manor
Absolutely loved every chapter. Excellent writing as usual, and very well read. A great srory
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- Ricardo
- 17-03-24
Refreshing story and old favorites
Loved the story lines and it was a good end to the tales of the city series. The American narrator should have avoided the attempt at a British accent though
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- Peter Bunting
- 18-03-24
So good to be with old friends once again
Such a great tale, while catching up with dear friends we’ve not heard of for a while. Such a joy. X
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- tweedy
- 23-03-24
Not what I expected
I’m a massive fan of the Tales of the City series and Maupin’s other writings. I really wanted to love this new story. I just couldn’t get into it. So as not to put off others, I’ll leave it at that, as it could just be me.
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