Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
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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.
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2 primary books#1 in Whistle Stop, AL
Whistle Stop, AL is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1987 with contributions by Fannie Flagg.
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6 out of 5 stars
Better than the movie (which is itself pretty good, just not this good).
Copy/paste from BLC: I'm lingering around 3.5 and 4/5. Overall I enjoyed the story and chuckled here and there. And then I also gasped a lot at the comments and racial slurs, or the discrimination. I thought it was a nice mix of both. The timeline took a bit to get used to as it moved back and forth. I think my favorite part was when Evelyn made a comeback on those youngsters and smashed into their car ‘accidentally' six times lol I really enjoyed the audiobook.
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