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Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Mrs. Threadgoode's tale of two high-spirited women of the 1930s, Idgie and Ruth, helps Evelyn, a 1980s woman in a sad slump of middle age, to begin to rejuvenate her own life.

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Main Author: Flagg, Fannie
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, 2005.
Series:Flagg, Fannie. Whistle Stop, AL ; 1.
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Reminiscing in old age > Fiction.
Female friendship > Fiction.
Women > Alabama > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Restaurants > Fiction.
Lesbians > Fiction.
Alabama > Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Love stories.
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Summary:Mrs. Threadgoode's tale of two high-spirited women of the 1930s, Idgie and Ruth, helps Evelyn, a 1980s woman in a sad slump of middle age, to begin to rejuvenate her own life.
Physical Description:403 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN:1400064627
9781400064625
0070212570
9780070212572
0804115613
9780804115612
Author Notes:Born on September 21, 1941, in Birmingham, Alabama, and named Patricia Neal, Fannie Flagg attended the University of Alabama, the Pittsburgh Playhouse, and the Town and Gown Theatre. Although she is best known as a novelist and screenwriter, she began her career in Birmingham, in 1964. She was an actress, comedienne, producer, and writer, first in Birmingham in 1964, when she was the producer of The Morning Show (WBRC-TV) and later when she was associated with such shows as Candid Camera and Harper Valley. Other works include Coming Attractions: A Wonderful Novel (1981) and the recording My Husband Doesn't Know I'm Making This Phone Call (1971).

However, Flagg's greatest claim to fame came when the screenplay for the film Fried Green Tomatoes, which she, together with Jon Avnet, adapted from her novel, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, won an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay in 1991.

She is the author several other works of fiction, including; Standing in the Rainbow, A Redbird Christmas, Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, I Still Dream about You, The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion, and The Whole Town's Talking.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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