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Mona of the Manor (Tales of the City, Bk 10)
Mona of the Manor - Tales of the City, Bk 10 Author:Armistead Maupin In the nearly fifty years since Armistead Maupin introduced the world to the residents of 28 Barbary Lane, his beloved characters have become like family to millions of fans around the world. Now, in the tenth and final novel of the Tales of the City series, we catch up with Mona Ramsey, free-spirited and unpredictable as ever, among the bluebel... more »ls in Britain's golden Cotswolds.
When Mona married Lord Teddy Roughton to secure his visa - allowing him to remain in San Francisco to fulfill his wildest dreams - she never imagined that at age forty-eight she would be the widowed Lady Mona, sole owner of a grand, romantic country manor in the UK. She also didn't imagine that she'd need to open Easley House's doors to paying guests to affort the electric bill and repair the leaking roof. Yet somehow she and her young friend Wilfred - her adopted son who guests assume is Easley's charming but clumsy butler - and the loopy old gardener, Mr. Hargis, are making it work.
This delicate equilibrium is unended when Americans Rhonda and Ernie Blaylock arrive for a weekend vacation at Easley, and Wilfred stumbles onto their terrible secret. Now, instead of being able to enjoy the imminent arrival of her old friend Michael Tolliver and beloved parent Anne Madrigal, Mona will need to focus all her considerable charm, willpower, and wiles - plus the help of Wilfred and Mona's sometime-girlfriend Poppy, the town's postmistress and local calligraphy whiz - to save Rhonda and set things right before the Midsummer ceremony when the whole town will descend on Easley's historic grounds.
An important, magical, and deliciously enjoyable final episode in the enduring Tales universe, Mona of the Manor tackles urgent issues with the same grace, humanity, and warmth.« less