{"product_id":"fried-green-tomatoes-at-the-whistle-stop-cafe-paperback-1","title":"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFolksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, \u003ci\u003eFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A real novel and a good one [from] the busy brain of a born storyteller.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"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.\"\u003cb\u003e--Harper Lee\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This whole literary enterprise shines with honesty, gallantry, and love of perfect details that might otherwise be forgotten.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Funny and macabre.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Courageous and wise.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHouston Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFolksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the\u003cbr\u003enow-classic novel of two women in the 1980s; of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to\u003cbr\u003eEvelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women--of the\u003cbr\u003eirrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth--who back in the thirties ran a little place in\u003cbr\u003eWhistle 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 be quite the same again... \u003cbr\u003e\"Airplanes and television have removed the Threadgoodes from the Southern scene. Happily for us, Fannie Flagg has preserved a whole community of them in a richly comic, poignant narrative that records the exuberance of their lives, the sadness of their departure. Idgie Threadgoode is a true original: Huckleberry Finn would have tried to marry her!\" \u003cbr\u003e--Harper Lee, Author of To Kill a Mockingbird \u003cbr\u003e\"A real novel and a good one... [from] the busy brain of a born storyteller.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\"The New York Times \u003cbr\u003e\"It's very good, in fact, just wonderful.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\"Los Angeles Times \u003cbr\u003e\"Funny and macabre.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\"The Washington Post \u003cbr\u003e\"Courageous and wise.\" \u003cbr\u003e--\"Houston Chronicle\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369790603487,"sku":"9780449911358","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/JN3HX7gWjq9780449911358.webp?v=1789146624","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/fried-green-tomatoes-at-the-whistle-stop-cafe-paperback-1","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}