2009 Reading #75: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

[snurri]

Books 1-10.
Books 11-20.
Books 21-30.
Books 31-40.
Books 41-50.
Books 51-60.
Books 61-70.
71. The Elephant's Secret Sense by Caitlin O'Connell.
72. Bloom County Babylon: Five Years of Basic Naughtiness by Berke Breathed.
73. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs.
74. The End of the Story: The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith, Volume 1 by Clark Ashton Smith.

75. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg. I didn't really know what to expect from this book. I've seen the movie once or twice, but aside from a couple of scenes of Kathy Bates being sassy I didn't remember much of it. The book surprised me a bit; aside from being a folksy Southern family saga, it's also a deeply felt love story between two women, as sweet as it is subversive. Cozy and poignant and highly recommended.

Comments

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

I love that book.

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I very much enjoyed it as well. Have you read any of her other books? I'm wondering if the rest are any good.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

I read, um. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, which is a nice enough little book, but not in the same league?

[snurri.livejournal.com]

I don't know why, but I suspected that might be the case. It feels like the sort of book that makes up the majority of a writer's career, if that makes any sense.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Yes.

of course, Daisy Fay was her first novel, so it's unfair to judge by.