The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Look for special features inside. Join the Random House Reader's Circle for author chats and more.The one and only Fannie Flagg, beloved author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, and I Still Dream About You, is at her hilarious and superb best in this new comic mystery novel about two women who are forced to reimagine who they are.
Mrs. Sookie Poole of Point Clear, Alabama, has just married off the last of her daughters and is looking forward to relaxing and perhaps traveling with her husband, Earle. The only thing left to contend with is her mother, the formidable Lenore Simmons Krackenberry. Lenore may be a lot of fun for other people, but is, for the most part, an overbearing presence for her daughter. Then one day, quite by accident, Sookie discovers a secret about her mother's past that knocks her for a loop and suddenly calls into question everything she ever thought she knew about herself, her family, and her future.
Sookie begins a search for answers that takes her to California, the Midwest, and back in time, to the 1940s, when an irrepressible woman named Fritzi takes on the job of running her family's filling station. Soon truck drivers are changing their routes to fill up at the All-Girl Filling Station. Then, Fritzi sees an opportunity for an even more groundbreaking adventure. As Sookie learns about the adventures of the girls at the All-Girl Filling Station, she finds herself with new inspiration for her own life.
Fabulous, fun-filled, spanning decades and generations, and centered on a little-known aspect of America's twentieth-century story, The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion is another irresistible novel by the remarkable Fannie Flagg.
Praise for The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
"A beautifully told tale, world-class humor, and characters who live forever in a grateful reader's world. Fannie Flagg keeps getting better and better. The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion proves it."--Pat Conroy
"If all the self-help books that promote ways to 'find yourself' were stacked in an enormous pile . . . none would approach the sweet wisdom with which Flagg infuses The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion."--Richmond Times-Dispatch
"It's Flagg's pleasure to hit her characters with several happy endings, but the real happiness is that she's given us another lovable--and quirky--novel."--The Washington Post
Fannie Flagg's career began in fifth grade, when she wrote, directed, and starred in her first play, The Whoopee Girls, and she hasn't looked back since. She began writing and producing television specials at the age of nineteen, and eventually wrote for and appeared on Candid Camera. She subsequently went on to make a name for herself as a writer and actress in television, cinema, and theater. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, and Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! are among her New York Times bestseller novels. Flagg's screenplay for Fried Green Tomatoes was nominated for an Academy Award and a Writers Guild of America Award, as well as winning the prestigious Scripter Award for outstanding screenplay of the year. Flagg splits his time between California and Alabama.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780812977172 |
| ISBN 10 | 0812977173 |
| Title | The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion |
| Author | Fannie Flagg |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2014-07-29 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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