Babycakes (1984) is the fourth book in the Tales of the City series by American novelist Armistead Maupin,[1] originally serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Babycakes is the term of affection the protagonist, Michael "Mouse" Tolliver uses for his best female friends.

This work deals with Michael's revelation of Jon Fielding's death from AIDS the previous year, and his lost contact with Mona.

Mona, now 37 years of age, is living and working in Seattle, Washington, the supposed "San Francisco of the 1980s."

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