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(0)Fannie Flagg
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Lexile measure
940L
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Language
English
Description
Spanning decades, generations, and America in the 1940s and today, this is a fun-loving mystery about an Alabama woman today, and five women who in 1943 worked in a Phillips 66 gas station, during the WWII years. Mrs. Sookie Poole of Point Clear, Alabama, has just married off the last of her three daughters and is looking forward to relaxing and perhaps traveling with her husband, Earle. The only thing left to contend with now is her mother, the formidable...
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Language
English
Description
A heartwarming novel about secrets of youth rediscovered, hometown memories, and the magical moments in ordinary lives, from the beloved author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe "A gift, a blessing and a triumph . . . celebrates the bonds of family and friends-and the possibilities of recovery and renewal."-The Free Lance-Star Bud Threadgoode grew up in the bustling little railroad town of Whistle Stop with his mother, Ruth, church-going...
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Language
English
Description
Real estate agent Maggie Fortenberry works at Red Mountain Reality, that has been going downhill since the death of its founder, comes up with a plan to save the business. The rival of their company Babs is unscrupulous real estate agent who hates Maggie and is determined to put her out of business.
Author
Series
Elmwood Springs volume 4
Language
English
Description
Lordor Nordstrom created, in his wisdom, not only a lively town and a prosperous legacy for himself but also a beautiful final resting place for his family, friends, and neighbors yet to come. "Resting place" turns out to be a bit of a misnomer, however. Odd things begin to happen, and it starts the whole town talking. With her wild imagination, great storytelling, and deep understanding of folly and the human heart, the beloved Fannie Flagg tells...
Author
Series
Elmwood Springs volume 3
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Back in Elmwood Springs, Missouri the experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ask the question "Why are we here"?
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Oswald T. Campbell leaves Chicago to spend what he believes will be his last Christmas in the warm and welcoming town of Lost River. When Christmas comes, a little redbird named Jack helps make this Christmas something no one in Lost River will forget.
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Neighbor Dorothy, the lady with the smile in her voice, keeps everyone informed of all the local news with her daily radio broadcasts, and there is always something going on in Elmwood Springs, Missouri, a town right in the middle of the country and right in the middle of all the changes, trials, and transitions that occur from 1946 to the present.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Daisy Fay Harper turns 17 during the 1950s, and her experiences evoke the time in the deep South of strapless net evening gowns and Red Ryder"--NoveList.
"In Fannie Flaggs high-spirited first novel, we meet Daisy Fay Harper in the spring of 1952, where shes {28}not doing much except sitting around waiting for the sixth grade.
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Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Random House Trade Paperback edition.
Physical Desc
8 books (367 pages) in a cloth bag ; (35 x 44 cm) + 1 folder
Language
English
Description
Mrs. Sookie Poole of Point Clear, Alabama, has just married off the last of her three daughters and is looking forward to relaxing with her husband, Earl. Then, quite by accident, Sookie stumbles on a secret about her mother, the formidable Lenore Simmons Krackenberry--a discovery that suddenly calls into question everything she ever thought she knew about herself. Sookie begins a search for answers that takes her to California, the Midwest, and back...
Pub. Date
1991
Edition
Collector's ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A chance encounter in a nursing home leads to an unexpected friendship between a dowdy housewife and a spry octagenarian who tells her the story of a fiercely independent woman half a century ago, inspiring the housewife to change her life, often with hilarious results.