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Jan 21, 1997 | ISBN 9780449911358 Buy
Sep 27, 2016 | ISBN 9780425286555 Buy
Mar 09, 1993 | ISBN 9780679744955 Buy
Apr 05, 2005 | ISBN 9781400064625 Buy
Jan 26, 2011 | ISBN 9780307776655 Buy
Oct 19, 2010 | 687 Minutes Buy
Dec 05, 2006 | 113 Minutes Buy
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Jan 21, 1997 | ISBN 9780449911358
Sep 27, 2016 | ISBN 9780425286555
Mar 09, 1993 | ISBN 9780679744955
Apr 05, 2005 | ISBN 9781400064625
Jan 26, 2011 | ISBN 9780307776655
Oct 19, 2010 | ISBN 9780307750532
687 Minutes
Dec 05, 2006 | ISBN 9780739343548
113 Minutes
Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the now-classic novel of two women in the 1980s; of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women–of the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth–who back in the thirties ran a little place in Whistle Stop, Alabama, a Southern kind of Cafe Wobegon offering good barbecue and good coffee and all kinds of love and laughter, even an occasional murder. And as the past unfolds, the present–for Evelyn and for us–will never be quite the same again… "Airplanes and television have removed the Threadgoodes from the Southern scene. Happily for us, Fannie Flagg has preserved a whole community of them in a richly comic, poignant narrative that records the exuberance of their lives, the sadness of their departure. Idgie Threadgoode is a true original: Huckleberry Finn would have tried to marry her!" –Harper Lee, Author of To Kill a Mockingbird "A real novel and a good one… [from] the busy brain of a born storyteller." —The New York Times "It’s very good, in fact, just wonderful." —Los Angeles Times "Funny and macabre." —The Washington Post "Courageous and wise." —Houston Chronicle
Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a now-classic novel about two women: Evelyn, who’s in the sad slump of middle age, and gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode, who’s telling her life story. Her tale includes two more women—the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth—who back in the thirties ran a little place in Whistle Stop, Alabama, offering good coffee, southern barbecue, and all kinds of love and laughter—even an occasional murder. And as the past unfolds, the present will never be quite the same again. Praise for Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe “A real novel and a good one [from] the busy brain of a born storyteller.”—The New York Times “Happily for us, Fannie Flagg has preserved [the Threadgoodes] in a richly comic, poignant narrative that records the exuberance of their lives, the sadness of their departure.”—Harper Lee “This whole literary enterprise shines with honesty, gallantry, and love of perfect details that might otherwise be forgotten.”—Los Angeles Times “Funny and macabre.”—The Washington Post “Courageous and wise.”—Houston Chronicle
The remarkable novel of two Southern friendships–the basis of the hit film–available for the first time in large print.
Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is thenow-classic story of two women in the 1980s; of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story toEvelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women–of theirrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth–who back in the thirties ran a little place inWhistle Stop, Alabama, a Southern kind of Cafe Wobegon offering good barbecue and good coffee and all kinds of love and laughter, even an occasional murder. And as the past unfolds, the present–for Evelyn and for us–will never be quite the same again… .
Fannie Flagg’s career started in the fifth grade when she wrote, directed, and starred in her first play, titled The Whoopee Girls, and she has not stopped since. At age nineteen she began writing and producing television specials, and later… More about Fannie Flagg
"The people in Miss Flagg’s book are as real as the people in books can be. If you put an ear to the pages, you can almost hear the characters speak. The writer’s imaginative skill transforms simple, everyday events into complex happenings that take on universal meanings."—Chattanooga Times"This whole literary enterprise shines with honesty, gallantry, and love of perfect details that might otherwise be forgotten."—Los Angeles Times"A sparkling gem."—Birmingham News"Watch out for Fannie Flagg. When I walked into the Whistle Stop Cafe she fractured my funny bone, drained my tear ducts, and stole my heart."—Florence King, Author of Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady"Admirers of the wise child in Flagg’s first novel, Coming Attractions, will find her grown-up successor, Idgie, equally appealing. The book’s best character, perhaps, is the town of Whistle Stop itself–too bad trains don’t stop there anymore."—Publisher’s Weekly
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