Fannie Flagg

Evelyn Couch vive una existencia gris. Es una mujer de mediana edad, acomplejada y totalmente frustrada con todo lo que la rodea. Sin embargo, la manera de ver el mundo que tiene una persona puede cambiar cuando menos se lo espera. En una visita al asilo donde reside la madre de su marido, Evelyn conoce a la anciana Ninny Threadgoode, que le empieza a explicar cosas de un pequeño pueblo llamado Whistle Stop, cuya vida giro un tiempo en torno a un cafe. De pronto, a Evelyn se le abre una luminosa ventana al pasado por la que entra un aire de una frescura desconocida para ella. Remontandose a finales de la decada de 1920, Ninny explica historias cuyas protagonistas son Idgie y Ruth, dos espiritus sensibles, alegres y llenos de una admirable energia vital, que saben sobreponerse a las dificultades y saborear el gusto por la vida. Tomates verdes fritos aborda temas tan dificiles como la discriminacion de la mujer, el racismo, el lesbianismo, la miseria o el alcoholismo y, a pesar de eso, es una de esas novelas optimistas en las que, como por arte de magia, todo encaja a la perfeccion y acaban cautivando al lector.

In Fannie Flaggs high-spirited first novel, we meet Daisy Fay Harper in the spring of 1952, where shes not doing much except sitting around waiting for the sixth grade. When she leaves Shell Beach, Mississippi, in September 1959, she is packed up and ready for the Miss America Pageant, vowing I wont come back until Im somebody. But in our hearts she already is. Sassy and irreverent from the get-go, Daisy Fay takes us on a rollicking journey through her formative years on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. There, at The End of the Road of the South, the family malt shop freezer holds unspeakable things, society maven Mrs. Dot hosts Junior Debutante meetings and shares inspired thoughts for the week (such as sincerity is as valuable as radium), and Daisy Fays Daddy hatches a quick-cash scheme that involves resurrecting his daughter from the dead in a carefully orchestrated miracle. Along the way, Daisy Fay does a lot of growing up, emerging as one of the most hilarious, appealing, and prized characters in modern fiction.

Un día de verano en un tranquilo poblado de Misuri, la anciana Elner cae de lo alto de una escalera en su jar- dín, atacada por avispas, y muere. Mientras la noticia conmueve a sus amigos y vecinos, Elner llega al cielo y se lleva una gran sorpresa. Pero mayor sorpresa se llevan todos en el pueblo cuando la anciana vuelve a la vida... con una mision. Me muero por ir al cielo, best-seller por largo tiempo en listas del New York Times, es una novela tan entrañable como la anterior de la misma autora, Tomates verdes fritos, con la que obtuvo un gran exito y que luego se convirtio en la famosa pelicula del mismo nombre.

Eine warmherzige Tragikomodie voll unverfalschter Emotionen und wortwortlich nicht von dieser Welt: die uberraschenden Abenteuer einer Achtzigjahrigen, die ein ganzes Stadtchen auf den Kopf stellt A distinct blend of insight and humour, funny and charming, from the author of Fried Green Tomatoes . What a wonderful world!

Un día de verano en un tranquilo poblado de Misuri, la anciana Elner cae de lo alto de una escalera en su jardín, atacada por unas avispas, y muere. Mientras la noticia conmueve a sus amigos y vecinos, Elner llega al cielo y se lleva una gran sorpresa. Pero mayor sorpresa se llevan todos en el pueblo cuando la anciana vuelve a la vida... con una mision. Una historia divertida y entrañable, con toda la chispa y la ternura de la talentosa autora de Tomates verdes fritos.

Fannie Flagg combines southern warmth with unabashed emotion and side-splitting hilarity and takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here?

The one and only Fannie Flagg, beloved author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Cant 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 mothers 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 familys 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 Americas twentieth-century story, The All-Girl Filling Stations Last Reunion is another irresistible novel by the remarkable Fannie Flagg.

The hilarious and heartwarming new novel from the author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Wisconsin, 1941 - With all the men off to war, Fritzi and her sisters must learn men's work and the All-Girl Filling Station is born, complete with neat little caps, short skirts, and roller-skates. Their peace doesn't last long though: skilled women are needed to fly planes for the war effort...Alabama, 2005 - Mrs Sookie Earle has just married off the last of her daughters and is looking forward to putting her feet up. But then one day a package arrives. Its contents knock Sookie sideways, propelling her back to the 1940s, and four irrepressible sisters whose wartime adventures force them to reimagine who they are, and what they are capable of. "Flagg is a writer of great warmth and wisdom...A richly imagined family saga." (The Times). "Wonderful...A warm, funny riff on family and identity." (Daily Mail).

A los ojos de los demás, Maggie Fortenberry es sinónimo de éxito y felicidad. Pero las apariencias engañan, pues en realidad, ella ha perdido la ilusión de vivir, ya que los remordimientos del pasado le impiden disfrutar del presente.Desde la muerte de Hazel Whisenknott, su amiga intima y fundadora de la agencia inmobiliaria en la que trabaja, Maggie quiere dar un giro a su vida, pero en seguida se da cuenta de que es demasiado joven o demasiado vieja para segun que... De pronto da con lo que ella considera un plan perfecto.Sin embargo, los planes no siempre resultan ser tan magnificos como uno desea, y cuando Maggie esta a punto de darse por vencida, empezara a ver la luz.se vera envuelta en un misterio que le devolvera el optimismo y le permitira reirse de todas sus preocupaciones.

Life is the strangest thing. One minute, Mrs Elner Shimfissle is up a tree, picking figs to make jam, and the next thing she knows, she is off on a strange adventure, running into people, in the unlikeliest of places. Meanwhile, a dark secret emerges from the past - and the entire town is left wondering, Whats life all about anyway?

Rien ne ressemble davantage à un petit village américain qu''Elmwood Springs, Missouri. Les années passent, les bonheurs et les drames se succèdent, la société et le monde se transforment, mais les h

Instead, she makes a living selling that dream to others - though her estate agency business has lately been going from bad to worse. So Maggie comes up with the perfect plan to end it all.

Dena Nordstrom, una joven entrevistadora de televisión, ha llegado al estrellato y goza de gran prestigio -incluso ha sido nominada para un Emi-, pero su vida personal está muy lejos de ser satisfactoria. Cuando regresa a pasar una temporada con su familia en Elmwood Springs, un pequeño pueblo de Misuri, para curarse de una úlcera provocada por la intensa actividad laboral, Dena se reencuentra con sus viejos amigos y vecinos de la infancia.