astitchtoofar 's review for:

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

3.0

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The thing is, this is a good story. It sheds light on a small town dealing with hard economic times, it comes across like a time when people were treated fairly and it didn't matter if you were white or Black, straight or gay or struggling with alcoholism. People of whistle stop town took care of each other. While that seems to be true, the small town charm covers up some blatant systemic racism. Black people were not treated equal or fairly, and in the end I find the characters charming yet problematic to the core. This book hasn't aged well.