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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by Fannie Flagg
This book is adorable. I would most relate it to To Kill a Mockingbird because of its setting in the south during the same time period. It goes back and forth between the past and the present as an elderly woman tells the story of her life to a younger woman in a nursing home.
It is nothing like the movie, I just want to make that clear. And the book is so much better.
It covers so many different characters and manages to evolve them beautifully despite how many of them are. I love how Evelyn, the younger woman in the present, evolves just because of her friendship with Ninny, the elderly woman. She becomes more sure of herself and grows out of her fears which is beautiful. But I also love how it covers racism, sexism and lesbian topics in the 1920s - 1960s. It covers such an important time in our history, especially in the history of the south, and I loved learning more about it. I also loved the lesbian matter involved in the story because it was talked about as though it were the most common thing in the 1930s in this small town, which shows just how little of a deal it is and should be. The relationship between Ruth and Idgie was beautiful and I loved watching Idgie evolve and help parent Ruth's son. She was the father figure that he needed, and I loved it.
This book is extremely soulful and I highly recommend it to anyone in need of a simple, heart warming tale. The chapters are short, and the structure of the book is adorable as the chapters look like old newspaper headlines. The back of the book even includes recipes for everything that was served at the Whistle Stop Cafe, including friend green tomatoes. This just showed me how much heart Flagg put into her novel, character, and setting which warmed my heart. You rarely find a book with such a rich setting as Flagg has created.
Also, fun fact, if you want to actually eat at the Whistle Stop Cafe it is located in Juliette, GA . After the movie was filmed there, they opened the cafe out of a building that used to be a general store in 1927. Enjoy!
It is nothing like the movie, I just want to make that clear. And the book is so much better.
It covers so many different characters and manages to evolve them beautifully despite how many of them are. I love how Evelyn, the younger woman in the present, evolves just because of her friendship with Ninny, the elderly woman. She becomes more sure of herself and grows out of her fears which is beautiful. But I also love how it covers racism, sexism and lesbian topics in the 1920s - 1960s. It covers such an important time in our history, especially in the history of the south, and I loved learning more about it. I also loved the lesbian matter involved in the story because it was talked about as though it were the most common thing in the 1930s in this small town, which shows just how little of a deal it is and should be. The relationship between Ruth and Idgie was beautiful and I loved watching Idgie evolve and help parent Ruth's son. She was the father figure that he needed, and I loved it.
This book is extremely soulful and I highly recommend it to anyone in need of a simple, heart warming tale. The chapters are short, and the structure of the book is adorable as the chapters look like old newspaper headlines. The back of the book even includes recipes for everything that was served at the Whistle Stop Cafe, including friend green tomatoes. This just showed me how much heart Flagg put into her novel, character, and setting which warmed my heart. You rarely find a book with such a rich setting as Flagg has created.
Also, fun fact, if you want to actually eat at the Whistle Stop Cafe it is located in Juliette, GA . After the movie was filmed there, they opened the cafe out of a building that used to be a general store in 1927. Enjoy!