sentences:  Eventually Michael finds himself forced to choose between being present for his mother's last days and attending to an aging Anna, described in the book as part of his "logical" (as opposed to "biological") family.Although Maupin originally stated that this novel was "NOT a sequel to "Tales [of the City]" and it's certainly not Book 7 in the series," he later conceded that "I’ve stopped denying that this is book seven in "Tales of the City", as it clearly is ...I suppose I didn’t want people to be thrown by the change in the format, as this is a first person novel unlike the third person format of the "Tales of the City" books and it’s about one character who interrelates with other characters.