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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: A Novel

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About this Book

Hardcover

416 Pages, 6.4 x 9.55 x 1.1 in

April 5, 2005

Random House Publishing Group


1400064627
9781400064625

From the Publisher

The remarkable novel of two Southern friendships--the basis of the hit film--available for the first time in large print.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

From the Jacket

The remarkable novel of two Southern friendships--the basis of the hit film--available for the first time in large print.

"From the Trade Paperback edition.

About the Author

Fannie Flagg began writing and producing television specials at age
nineteen and went on to distinguish herself as an actress and a writer in
television, films, and the theater. Her first novel, Daisy Fay and The
Miracle Man
, spent ten weeks on the New York Times paperback
bestseller list, and her second novel, Fried Green Tomatoes at the
Whistle Stop Cafe
, was on the same list for thirty-six weeks. It was
produced by Universal Pictures as the feature film Fried Green
Tomatoes. Flagg''s script was nominated for both the Writers Guild of
America and an Academy Award, and it won the highly regarded
Scripters Award. Flagg narrated both novels on audiocassette and
received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word.

Her latest novel is titled Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! She lives
in California and Alabama.


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From the Critics

"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


From the Trade Paperback edition.

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  • Nicola Manning

    Nicola Manning

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    This review is from: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (Trade Paperback)

    18 months ago

    Evelyn Couch goes to the nursing home with her husband as he visits his mother ever week. Evelyn quickly gives her best wishes and then hurries out to the waiting room. It is hear that she meets Ninny Threadgoode, an 86 year old woman who starts taking from the second Evelyn sits down. Ninny talks about the past, not her life, but the life of all the people she used to know and especially Idgie and Ruth two very special friends. Evelyn becomes caught up in this story and ultimately her life is… read more

  • emerson entwistle

    emerson entwistle

    Fried Green Tomatoes. 5

    8 months ago

    I loved this charming book. How could you not? The characters are so real and memorable, the story is so perfect. I haven't stayed up all night for a book in a long time, I couldn't wait to see what happened next and I've seen the movie (which is also fantastic). Mrs. Threadgoode was such a sweet and charming old girl. Evelyn Couch was an un-happy housewife who needed a change. Together and with help from Idgie and Ruth they became close friends, and exactly what each other needed. I… read more

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