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A book for any of us gay or straight who have had to find our family Maupin is one of Americas finest storytellersNeil GaimanI fell in love with Maupins effervescent Tales of the City decades ago and his genius turn at memoir is no less compelling Logical Family is a must readMary KarrIn this long awaited memoir the beloved author of the bestselling Tales of the City series chronicles his odyssey from the old South to freewheeling San Francisco and his evolution from curious youth to ground breaking writer and gay rights pioneerBorn in the mid twentieth century and raised in the heart of conservative North Carolina Armistead Maupin lost his virginity to another man on the very spot where the first shots of the Civil War were fired Realizing that the South was too small for him this
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Logical Family A MemoirThe reincarnation of her artistic bachelor cousin Curtis to an awkward conversation about girls with President Richard Nixon in the Oval Office Maupin tells of the extraordinary individuals and situations that shaped him into one of the most influential writers of the last century Maupin recalls his losses and life changing experiences with humor and unflinching honesty and brings to life flesh and blood characters as endearing and unforgettable as the vivid fraught men and women who populate his enchanting novels What emerges is an illuminating portrait of the man who depicted the liberation and evolution of Americas ueer community over the last four decades with honesty and compassionand inspired millions to claim their own livesLogical Family includes black and white photograph