Fannie Flagg Libri

Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! is the funny, serious, and compelling new novel by Fannie Flagg, author of the beloved Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (and prize-winning co-writer of the classic movie). Once again, Flagg's humor and respect and affection for her characters shine forth. Many inhabit small-town or suburban America. But this time, her heroine is urban: a brainy, beautiful, and ambitious rising star of 1970s television. Dena Nordstrom, pride of the network, is a woman whose future is full of promise, her present rich with complications, and her past marked by mystery.

Una vera signora sa sempre quand'è il momento di uscire di scena. E Maggie Fortenberry, affascinante sessantenne che conosce almeno 48 modi diversi di piegare un fazzoletto e non ha mai detto una parolaccia in vita sua, ha deciso che il suo momento è arrivato. Ex Miss Alabama e quasi Miss America, dei suoi sogni di ragazza Maggie ha realizzato ben poco: non ha conquistato un marito adorante, non ha avuto con lui la nidia ta di pargoli d'ordinanza, e oggi è una single depressa con una noiosa carriera da agente immobiliare a Birmingham. Ormai ha deciso, vuole farla finita. Non senza però aver prima saldato ogni debito, sbrinato il frigorifero e salutato gli amici con un'impeccabile lettera d'addio. Ma quando tutto sembra finalmente pronto per girare l'ultimo ciak, ecco che un bizzarro scheletro in kilt manda all'aria i suoi piani. Nella villa dove l'ha ritrovato, e che Maggie ha ricevuto l'incarico di vendere, si celano infatti segreti che aspettano solo lei per essere svelati. E se poi a scombinare il suo progetto ci si mettono anche una dispettosa capretta dal muso nero e il ritorno inaspettato di un vecchio amore, ecco che forse organizzare la sua dipartita non è più così urgente...

Fannie Flagg's Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook offers beloved recipes inspired by her childhood cafe, featured in Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe. With dishes like Skinless Fried Chicken and Lemon Ice Box Pie, this cookbook combines hearty Southern food with Flagg's charming commentary and love for cooking.

The story 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 hilarious and heartwarming new novel from the author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Wisconsin, 1941 âe" With all the men off to war, Fritzi and her sisters must learn menâe(tm)s work and the All-Girl Filling Station is born, complete with neat little caps, short skirts, and roller-skates. Their peace doesnâe(tm)t last long though: skilled women are needed to fly planes for the war effortâe¦ Alabama, 2005 âe" Mrs Sookie Earle has just married off the last of her daughters and is looking forward to putting her feet up. But then one day a package arrives. Its contents knock Sookie sideways, propelling her back to the 1940s, and four irrepressible sisters whose wartime adventures force them to reimagine who they are, and what they are capable of. âe~Flagg is a writer of great warmth and wisdom... A richly imagined family sagaâe(tm) The Times âe~Wonderful... A warm, funny riff on family and identity' Daily Mail

'Another Chicago Winter' Oswald T. Campbell, aged fifty-two, down-and-out in a Chicago winter, is given only months to live unless he moves South... He finds himself in the small town of Lost River, Alabama, where the residents are friendly if feud-prone and eccentric to a fault. One of them, Roy, keeps a red cardinal, a once wounded bird called Jack. Patsy, a sad, sweet little kid with a crippled leg, from the trailer park up in the woods, takes to dropping by the store - and falls in love with Jack. Flagg takes us on an emotional roller-coaster ride through the lives and hearts of an engaging crew of misfits, fixers and ordinary good-hearted folk, set against the vivid natural backdrop of a mellow Alabama winter.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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 and proper, and his Aunt Idgie, the fun-loving hell-raiser. Together they ran the town’s popular Whistle Stop Cafe, known far and wide for its fun and famous fried green tomatoes. And as Bud often said of his childhood to his daughter Ruthie, “How lucky can you get?” But sadly, as the railroad yards shut down and Whistle Stop became a ghost town, nothing was left but boarded-up buildings and memories of a happier time. Then one day, Bud decides to take one last trip, just to see what has become of his beloved Whistle Stop. In so doing, he discovers new friends, as well as surprises about Idgie’s life, about Ninny Threadgoode and other beloved Fannie Flagg characters, and about the town itself. He also sets off a series of events, both touching and inspiring, which change his life and the lives of his daughter and many others. Could these events all be just coincidences? Or something else? And can you really go home again?

Beginning in 1952, Daisy Fay Harper's journal chronicles the young girl's growth from a lonely and insecure eleven year old to the self-assured, flamboyant winner of the Miss Mississippi contest six years later

The time: 1946-2000. The Place: Elmwood Springs, Missouri. Right in the middle of everywhere, which could be anywhere. World War II has ended and the joyous transitions to peace are being - mostly - embraced. Bobby Smith, ten, is the effervescent son of the well-known radio hostess Neighbour Dorothy, who broadcasts every day from her living room, via the tower in her backyard, to an eager, and at times lonely, audience. And meet the Oatman Family Southern Gospel Singers at a pharmaceutical convention in Memphis, where they blow the place away; Hamm Sparks, a super-salesman everyone likes and trusts, who soon sells all of Missouri; and the phenomena known as the Sunset Club, Dinner on the Ground and the Funeral King.

Back in Elmwood Springs, Missouri the experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ask the question " Why are we here "