Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: A Novel
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What is it? It’s first 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 tale she tells is also of two women—of the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth—who back in the thirties ran a little place in Whistle Stop, Alabama, a Southern kind of Cafe Wobegon offering good barbecue and good coffee and all kinds of love and laughter, even an occasional murder.
And as the past unfolds, the present—for Evelyn and for us—will never quite be the same.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, with humor and drama—and with an ending that would fill with smiling tears the Whistle Stop Lake...if they only had a lake....
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this book was super well-written. all the different time-lines and stories fit so seamlessly together, it was really fun to read! the stories are engaging and heartwarming, sad and funny but always hopeful. it took me a while to read but that felt just right because of the many years that pass within the pages. ruth and idgie have a place in my heart now. i love their relationship and i love the life they built for themselves. while i wanted more of them, there was place for interpretation and imagination. some parts of this book are a bit difficult; you just notice it's a bit outdated today since it was obviously written in the 80s and you couldn't publish something like it today- but that's not a very interesting thing to criticise. it's also the opposite of own-voices - and instead of criticising that i'll just buy a few more own-voices books!! i enjoyed it, that's what matters. and i'm also so proud of myself for reading my mum's all time favourite book.
Description
What is it? It’s first 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 tale she tells is also of two women—of the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth—who back in the thirties ran a little place in Whistle Stop, Alabama, a Southern kind of Cafe Wobegon offering good barbecue and good coffee and all kinds of love and laughter, even an occasional murder.
And as the past unfolds, the present—for Evelyn and for us—will never quite be the same.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, with humor and drama—and with an ending that would fill with smiling tears the Whistle Stop Lake...if they only had a lake....
Book Information
Posts
this book was super well-written. all the different time-lines and stories fit so seamlessly together, it was really fun to read! the stories are engaging and heartwarming, sad and funny but always hopeful. it took me a while to read but that felt just right because of the many years that pass within the pages. ruth and idgie have a place in my heart now. i love their relationship and i love the life they built for themselves. while i wanted more of them, there was place for interpretation and imagination. some parts of this book are a bit difficult; you just notice it's a bit outdated today since it was obviously written in the 80s and you couldn't publish something like it today- but that's not a very interesting thing to criticise. it's also the opposite of own-voices - and instead of criticising that i'll just buy a few more own-voices books!! i enjoyed it, that's what matters. and i'm also so proud of myself for reading my mum's all time favourite book.