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Wow!!! I have not enjoyed a book like this in a long time. You will find yourself laughing out loud. Though the book is written in the style of journal entries, it is just like Daisy Fay is talking to you herself.

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to have the inside track on the people in Daisy Fay's life.

I thoroughly enjoyed this one. Fannie Flagg is a wonderful writer. Her characters are very real. This book has it all. Daisy Fay is a great character, the book is funny and sad, and is very well written.

Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man is a touchingly funny story written by Fannie Flagg. Daisy Fay Harper keeps a journal chronicling all of her adventures from the time she is 11 to when she wins the Miss Mississippi pageant. She's a tomboy sort of girl with a Dennis-the-Menace type penchant for getting herself into trouble. She doesn't mean to, it just seems to happen. Her father is an alcoholic ne'er-do-well with lots of grandiose ideas. The kooky locals in the story are lovable, particularly Jimmy Snow. I laughed out loud a lot when I read the book and the story has to be pretty funny for me to do that! I recommend it highly!

This is a wonderfully written book, from the point of view of a 12 year old girl growing up in the 1950s south, who struggles with loyalty to both her alcoholic father and absent mother. The ending is hilarious.

Definitely lots of humor here (but too close to the crude and profane for me to enjoy it all).

This book was a delight to read! A warm and funny story that I hated seeing end.

Another winner by the author of FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE.

Another no fail Fannie Flagg. She delivers each and every time! I loved this story so much and hated to see it end!!

Great book. Entertainment to the best! A real Fannie Flagg book!! A great writer for laughter. Enjoy!

Fannie Flagg is in fine form as she introduces you to Daisy Fay...a good read.

Book Description
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.

I am a Flagg fan from way back, and this one was a delight! The characters are her usual unusual mix, and the story is very good.

Author of 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe'. Funny, endearing story.

Fannie Flagg is so real.