Mona of the Manor -- Armistead Maupin, Hardcover

"Maupin is one of America's finest storytellers."--Neil Gaiman

Set in the early 1990s, the long-awaited tenth novel in Armistead Maupin's beloved and enduring Tales of the City series follows the adventures of Mona Ramsey, now the widowed Lady of a glorious old manor in Britain's golden Cotswolds, and her fabulous adopted son Wilfred, as they come to the aid of an American visitor with a troubling secret.

When Mona Ramsey married Lord Teddy Roughton to secure his visa--allowing him to remain in San Francisco to fulfill his wildest dreams--she never imagined she would, by age 48, be the sole owner of Easley House, Teddy's grand, romantic country manor in the UK. She also didn't imagine that she'd need to open the manor's doors to paying guests to afford the electric bill and repair the leaking roof. Yet somehow she and her young friend Wilfred--whom guests assume is serving as Easley's charming-but-clumsy butler--and the loopy old gardener Mr. Hargis, are making it work.

This delicate equilibrium is upended 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 focus on the imminent arrival of her old friend Michael Tolliver and beloved parent Anna Madrigal, Mona will need to focus all of her considerable charm, willpower, and wiles--and the help of Wilfred and Mona's girlfriend Poppy, the town's postmistress and local calligraphy whiz--to set things right before the Midsummer ceremony when the whole town will descend on Easley's historic grounds.

Author: Armistead Maupin
Publisher: Harper
Published: 03/05/2024
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780062973597

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2023 pg. 14
Library Journal 11/01/2023 pg. 56
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2024
Publishers Weekly 01/08/2024
Booklist 01/01/2024 pg. 25