As promised, a few more reading suggestions from newsletter subscribers. My brother texted me to point out that it was sacrilege that I hadn't mentioned Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City series. Quite right. I first read these when they were recommended to me by a forward-thinking English teacher when I was 15 years old. She was smart enough to realise that all the sex and drugs didn't matter. They are at their core heart-warming stories of friendship and inclusion. And sex and drugs. Beginning in the 1970s, the books tell the story of naive and somewhat prissy Mid-Westerner Mary Ann Singleton having her eyes opened by moving to San Francisco. The books continue the story of her and her friends right up to the present day. The adaptations on Netflix starring Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis are pretty marvelous too.
Comfort Reading Part 2
Comfort Reading Part 2
Comfort Reading Part 2
As promised, a few more reading suggestions from newsletter subscribers. My brother texted me to point out that it was sacrilege that I hadn't mentioned Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City series. Quite right. I first read these when they were recommended to me by a forward-thinking English teacher when I was 15 years old. She was smart enough to realise that all the sex and drugs didn't matter. They are at their core heart-warming stories of friendship and inclusion. And sex and drugs. Beginning in the 1970s, the books tell the story of naive and somewhat prissy Mid-Westerner Mary Ann Singleton having her eyes opened by moving to San Francisco. The books continue the story of her and her friends right up to the present day. The adaptations on Netflix starring Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis are pretty marvelous too.