Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a now-classic novel about two women: Evelyn, who's in the sad slump of middle age, and gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode, who's telling her life story. Her tale includes two more women--the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth--who back in the thirties ran a little place in Whistle Stop, Alabama, offering good coffee, southern barbecue, and all kinds of love and laughter--even an occasional murder. And as the past unfolds, the present will never be quite the same again.

Praise for Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

"A real novel and a good one [from] the busy brain of a born storyteller."--The New York Times

"Happily for us, Fannie Flagg has preserved [the Threadgoodes] in a richly comic, poignant narrative that records the exuberance of their lives, the sadness of their departure."--Harper Lee

"This whole literary enterprise shines with honesty, gallantry, and love of perfect details that might otherwise be forgotten."--Los Angeles Times

"Funny and macabre."--The Washington Post

"Courageous and wise."--Houston Chronicle

Author: Fannie Flagg
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 01/21/1997
Pages: 448
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.54w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780449911358

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 8658 / Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe


Award: 1991 Book Sense Book of the Year Award Nominee - Book of the Year
Award: 1992 Book Sense Book of the Year Award Honor Book - Book of the Year