Fannie Flagg

From the beloved author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe comes her latest New York Times bestseller--a new Yuletide classic about small-town America and larger-than-life wonders.

Elmwood Springs, Missouri, is a small town like any other, but something strange is happening at the cemetery. Still Meadows, as it’s called, is anything but still. Original, profound, The Whole Town’s Talking, a novel in the tradition of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town and Flagg’s own Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven, tells the story of Lordor Nordstrom, his Swedish mail-order bride, Katrina, and their neighbors and descendants as they live, love, die, and carry on in mysterious and surprising ways. 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 an unforgettable story of life, afterlife, and the remarkable goings-on of ordinary people. In The Whole Town’s Talking, she reminds us that community is vital, life is a gift, and love never dies.

Напуганный врачебным диагнозом Освальд Т.Кэмпбелл бежит из холодного и сырого Чикаго на юг, в гостеприимный Затерянный Ручей, где собирается встретить свое последнее Рождество. Ничего хорошего от захолустья он не ожидает, но реальность оказывается совсем не такой, какой он себе ее воображал. Жизнь в Затерянном Ручье хоть и размеренная, но весьма необычная и даже странная. И жители городка тоже весьма необычны. Почтальон доставляет корреспонденцию на лодке. В единственном магазинчике хозяйничает маленькая красная птичка по имени Джек. Дамы городка тайно творят добро, объединившись в эзотерическое общество под названием "Крупные Горошинки". А сам Освальд оказывается вдруг главной фигурой местной светской жизни. Вместе с приближением Рождества начинают происходить удивительные события, которые изменят жизнь не только Освальда, но и всех обитателей Затерянного Ручья. Роман Фэнни Флэгг - странная, притягательная, теплая рождественская сказка, полная самого обычного волшебства, которое под силу многим, стоит только очень захотеть. Книга для всех, кто стосковался по доброму слову и красивой истории.

In Fannie Flagg’s high-spirited first novel, we meet Daisy Fay Harper in the spring of 1952, where she’s “not doing much except sitting around waiting for the sixth grade.” When she leaves Shell Beach, Mississippi, in September 1959, she is packed up and ready for the Miss America Pageant, vowing “I won’t come back until I’m somebody.” But in our hearts she already is.Sassy and irreverent from the get-go, Daisy Fay takes us on a rollicking journey through her formative years on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. There, at The End of the Road of the South, the family malt shop freezer holds unspeakable things, society maven Mrs. Dot hosts Junior Debutante meetings and shares inspired thoughts for the week (such as “sincerity is as valuable as radium”), and Daisy Fay’s Daddy hatches a quick-cash scheme that involves resurrecting his daughter from the dead in a carefully orchestrated miracle. Along the way, Daisy Fay does a lot of growing up, emerging as one of the most hilarious, appealing, and prized characters in modern fiction.

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.

Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a now-classic novel about two women: Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age, and gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode, who is 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.

Mezcla de tradición y frescura, la conmovedora Tomates verdes fritos trata sobre Evelyn Couch, una mujer de mediana edad que está pasando por una depresión, y la entrañable anciana Ninny Threadgoode. Evelyn vive una existencia gris, acomplejada y totalmente frustrada con todo lo que la rodea. En una visita al asilo donde reside su suegra conoce a la señora Threadgoode, que comienza a contarle historias de un pequeño pueblo llamado Whistle Stop, cuya vida giró un tiempo en torno a un café. De pronto, a Evelyn se le abre una luminosa ventana al pasado por la que entra un soplo de aire fresco. Remontándose a finales de la década de 1920, la anciana describe a Idgie y Ruth, dos espíritus sensibles, alegres y llenos de una admirable energía vital, que saben sobreponerse a las dificultades y saborear el gusto por la vida. La ternura y la solidez se mezclan sabiamente en las palabras de Ninny, que hace de Idgie y Ruth dos auténticas heroínas de la vida cotidiana. Tomates verdes fritos aborda temas como la discriminación de la mujer, el racismo, la homosexualidad femenina, la miseria o el alcoholismo y, a pesar de eso, es una de esas novelas optimistas en las que, como por arte de magia, todo encaja a la perfección. La novela fue llevada al cine en 1991.

The one and only Fannie Flagg, beloved author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, "and" I Still Dream About You, " is at her hilarious and superb best in this new comic mystery novel about two women who are forced to reimagine who they are. Mrs. Sookie Poole of Point Clear, Alabama, has just married off the last of her daughters and is looking forward to relaxing and perhaps traveling with her husband, Earle. The only thing left to contend with is her mother, the formidable Lenore Simmons Krackenberry. Lenore may be a lot of fun for other people, but is, for the most part, an overbearing presence for her daughter. Then one day, quite by accident, Sookie discovers a secret about her mother's past that knocks her for a loop and suddenly calls into question everything she ever thought she knew about herself, her family, and her future. Sookie begins a search for answers that takes her to California, the Midwest, and back in time, to the 1940s, when an irrepressible woman named Fritzi takes on the job of running her family's filling station. Soon truck drivers are changing their routes to fill up at the All-Girl Filling Station. Then, Fritzi sees an opportunity for an even more groundbreaking adventure. As Sookie learns about the adventures of the girls at the All-Girl Filling Station, she finds herself with new inspiration for her own life. Fabulous, fun-filled, spanning decades and generations, and centered on a little-known aspect of America's twentieth-century story, "The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion" is another irresistible novel by the remarkable Fannie Flagg.