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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Author: Fannie Flagg
Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the now-classic novel 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 tale she tells is also of two women -- of the irrepressible daredevilish tomboy Idgie an...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780739412220
ISBN-10: 0739412221
Publication Date: 8/1987
Rating:
  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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4.4 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Excellent book with a different and less ambiguous ending than the movie. If you want to know for sure what happened to Frank, read the book.
reviewed Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe on + 43 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Two women in the 1980's, grayheaded Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story
to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is
also of two women-the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her
friend Ruth, who back in the thirties ran a little place in Whistle Stop
Alabama, a Southern cafe offering good barbecue and good coffe and all kinds
of love and laughter, even an occasional murder.
reviewed Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe on + 4 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
The setting of this book makes you want to be there. It's a sweet story with human compassion scenes and wisdom laced in. An original format, jumping back and forth through time as the aging main character confuses the past with the present.
reviewed Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe on + 159 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This book is wonderful. The movie certainly did it justice too.
reviewed Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe on + 7 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
so much better than the movie
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reviewed Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe on
There were quite a few differences between the book and the movie but overall it was a good read.
jazzysmom avatar reviewed Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe on + 907 more book reviews
If you have picked up this book--you have just taken on the best time in your life in the pages of entertainment. You can not help but love the author, the women who work the cafe, the customers, and the whole cafe setting itself. Your going to laugh--just won't be able not to, and your going to want to hurry and get back to "The Cafe" when you have to put the book down. But the worst thing i can say about this book--is that it ends, and you will be left wanting more. Absolute delight to read--If it is Fannie Flag, your money is well spent.
jamiesueaustin avatar reviewed Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe on + 19 more book reviews
I can not think of one women's issue that is not touched upon by this book. Funny, enlightening, heartwarming and a pleasure to read.
reviewed Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe on + 92 more book reviews
This is a delightful book with memorable people and the strength of family and friendship shining. It is a quick read and a book you want to wrap your arms around.
mrscountryham avatar reviewed Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe on + 38 more book reviews
It is a good book BUT I was uncomfortable with the lesbian relationship, it is just not to my taste but aside from that it is a pretty good book.
wisergen avatar reviewed Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe on + 12 more book reviews
This is a wonderful read. Ms. Flagg has created characters that are vibrant, and the three perspectives woven throughout the book keep the overall stories interesting.

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