Armistead Maupin · 1978 · overland

Armistead Maupin's beloved San Francisco saga, begun as a 1976 newspaper serial. Naive Mary Ann Singleton arrives from Cleveland, decides on a whim to stay, and finds a room at 28 Barbary Lane, the bohemian boarding house ruled by the enigmatic, joint-rolling landlady Anna Madrigal. Around her gathers a found family of lovers and friends, in a warm, gossipy, groundbreaking portrait of queer life in 1970s San Francisco.

1. 1
   Aquatic Park

   Mary Ann Singleton arrives from Cleveland and, on a whim, decides never to go home.

2. 2
   28 Barbary Lane

   She takes a room in Mrs Madrigal's bohemian boarding house on Russian Hill, the warm heart of it all.

3. 3
   Telegraph Hill

   Up among the Art Deco heights where the moneyed Halcyon set look down on the bay.

4. 4
   Nob Hill

   The old-money clubs and society dinners of the city's summit.

5. 5
   Union Square

   Down to the department-store bustle of downtown, and Mary Ann's office job.

6. 6
   The Castro

   And out to the Castro, the beating heart of gay San Francisco and Michael Tolliver's world.