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Title: Logical Family

Subtitle: A Memoir

Author: Armistead Maupin

Narrator: Armistead Maupin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-05-17

Publisher: Random House Audiobooks

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Bios & Memoirs, Artists, Writers, & Musicians

Publisher's Summary:

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Logical Family: A Memoir, written and read by Armistead Maupin. Includes a 30-minute interview between Neil Gaiman and the author.

Born 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." Realising that the South was too small for him, this son of a traditional lawyer packed his earthly belongings into his Opel GT (including a beloved portrait of a Confederate ancestor) and took to the road in search of adventure. It was a journey that would lead him from a homoerotic Navy initiation ceremony in the jungles of Vietnam to that strangest of strange lands: San Francisco in the early 1970s.

Reflecting on the profound impact those closest to him have had on his life, Maupin shares his candid search for his "logical family", he people he could call his own. "Sooner or later, we have to venture beyond our biological family to find our logical one, the one that actually makes sense for us," he writes. "We have to, if we are to live without squandering our lives." From his loving relationship with his palm-reading Grannie who insisted Maupin was the 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 humour 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 America's queer community over the last four decades with honesty and compassionand inspired millions to claim their own lives.

Members Reviews:

Thank you Mr. Maupin

I read Tales of the City as a naive, small town boy in Wales in the late Nineties. Now, as I reach my late 30s I still return to the books every year whenever I need a pick me up. So its no surprise perhaps that I adored this account of how and where the story began. Written in Maupins trademark whimsical style its a veritable flutter through the past 40 years, detailing his early days, Tales days and post Tales life. Detailing is possibly the wrong word however, as the book races by in series of short vignettes - much like his masterwork. For my part, it could have been double the length and a lot more in-depth but then thats not AMs style. Bring on book two I say!

the man behind tales is as captivating as tales

wonderful. just a wonderful way to spend a few hours listening to the man behind the Tales of the City series tell you the story of his life. highly recommended.

Pure gold

A wonderful insight into an author whose books held my hand through my own coming of age. A treasure.