Logical Family\"I 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 read.\"Mary Karr In 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 pioneer. Born in the mid twentieth century

He’s seen the statistics

Clinton’s shocking defeat would mark the end of the almost imperial hold she’d had on Chozick for most of her professional life

creating a toxic “culture of contempt” that deepens our political polarization—the habit of seeing people who disagree with us not as merely incorrect

a group of dedicated female mathematicians known as “human computers” used pencils

Gathering speed as it flowed southwest

forcing a famously private man into a self-imposed exile that created a legend

to his mentoring under Ronald Reagan for eventual presidency of the Screen Actors Guild

received shattering news

fast-paced takes on dictatorship

is as disturbed and uncertain as the rest of America around her

to woo a lover

So is a determined killer who’s about to make the next terrifying move in a deadly affair…