{"product_id":"books-michael-tolliver-lives-by-armistead-maupin","title":"Michael Tolliver Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Tolliver, the sweet-spirited Southerner in Armistead Maupin's classic Tales of the City series, is arguably one of the most widely loved characters in contem-porary fiction. Now, almost twenty years after ending his ground-breaking saga of San Francisco life, Maupin revisits his all-too-human hero, letting the fifty-five-year-old gardener tell his story in his own voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving survived the plague that took so many of his friends and lovers, Michael has learned to embrace the random pleasures of life, the tender alliances that sustain him in the hardest of times. \u003cem\u003eMichael Tolliver Lives\u003c\/em\u003e follows its protagonist as he finds love with a younger man, attends to his dying fundamentalist mother in Florida, and finally reaffirms his allegiance to a wise octogenarian who was once his landlady.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough this is a stand-alone novel--accessible to fans of Tales of the City and new readers alike--a reassuring number of familiar faces appear along the way. As usual, the author's mordant wit and ear for pitch-perfect dialogue serve every aspect of the story--from the bawdy to the bittersweet. \u003cem\u003eMichael Tolliver Lives\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel about the act of growing older joyfully and the everyday miracles that somehow make that possible.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480357953809,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780060761363.jpg?v=1777546570","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-michael-tolliver-lives-by-armistead-maupin","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}