Sure of You: A Novel (Tales of the City)

A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate, yet subversively funny, Sure of You could only come from Armistead Maupin. "An extended love letter to a magical San Francisco."--New York Times Book Review A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is trheir longtime friend, a gay man whose own future nis even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate, yet subversively funny, Sure of You could only come from Armistead Maupin. "An old-fashioned pleasure ... there's been nothing like it since the heyday of the serial novel 100 years ago ... No matter what Maupin writes next, he can look back on the rare achievement of having built a little world and made it run."--Voice Literary Supplement "I know I'm not the only one who was up until 2 in the morning with Sure of You, promising myself to stop after just one more chapter."--New York Times Book Review "A quietly understated small masterpiece."--USA Today 'A quietly understated masterpiece.'—USA TodayThe sixth novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin's bestselling San Francisco saga.A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate yet subversively funny, Sure of You is a pitch-perfect novel in Maupin's legendary series. Mary Ann, a TV show host, must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate, yet subversively funny, Sure of You could only come from Armistead Maupin THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT HIS WIFE'S face, Brian Hawkins had decided.