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Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the now-classic novel of two women in the 1980s; of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women - of the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Rut - -who back in the thirties ran a little place in Whistle 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...

Reviewer: Risky734
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent Read
Review: Fannie Flagg is interesting, thoughtful, and hilarious

Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe: Book vs. Movie..
Review: I saw this movie back in the 90's, and after watching it 20 or more times over the years I finally decided to read the book. I always loved how Idgie's spirit revolutionized Evelyn's spirit, but I always thought the movie jumped around a lot. The book really jumps around all over the place and has four viewpoints as opposed to the movie’s two. It starts with The Weems Weekly and you get to hear Dot Weems' storytelling voice, another charming southern personality that wasn't in the movie. Then it goes to Evelyn’s current reality, Ninny’s storytelling, as well as scenes that were Whistle Stop history but not part of the stories that Ninny told Evelyn. With so many different viewpoints and a not entirely chronological timeline it would have been easy to steer the story off course into a mess of a train wreck, but the author kept that from happening by giving information in her flash forwards that made the story make more sense as it was told.For readers and movie watchers alike: be advised that the rest of this review might contain what you’d likely classify as spoilers.For readers of the book, it was interesting to see that Vesta Adcock, whose Whistle Stop history wasn’t mentioned in the movie, turned out to be Ed’s (Evelyn’s husband) aunt. There was a lot more of the history of the Otis’s, including how Sipsey came to be Big George’s mother, Big George’s children and their eventual history, as well as Smokey Robinson’s past and what became of him. Some of which was kind of gruesome and I can see why it was left out of the movie. You also get a glimpse of Ruth's son Buddy and his family in 1986 at the end of the book, which you also won’t get in the movie. Ninny's is much more of a non-stop rambling storyteller n the book, but just like the movie she's a delight to listen to. I just imagined Jessica Tandy's voice while I read.Idgie's brother Buddy is hit by the train while goofing around with his friends and chasing a hat on the railroad tracks, but Buddy and Ruth did not have a crush on each other, in fact they never met. Buddy was in love with a sexually free woman named Eva whose dad ran the Dill Pickle Club, which is where Idgie became a fixture after Buddy died.While no sexual scenes are written into the book, Idgie and Ruth were clearly in romantic love with each other and wind up living together, something that is alluded to but not made clear in the movie. “You love who you love” seems to be a lesson Idgie learned from Buddy and Eva. The movie alludes to their affair with several different scenes but backs off of outright putting it out there.Ruth has already died when Idgie goes on trial for the murder of Frank Bennett, and it’s Smokey Robinson who comes to her rescue and gets Reverend Scroggins and all the gypsy hobos to come to her aid in her murder trial. Frank Bennett was even more of a jerk in the book than in the movie and while the judge isn’t actually fooled by anybody he has reason to be glad Frank got what he had coming to him, dismiss the case and let Idgie go..Ninny Threadgoode in the book is definitely not Idgie Threadgoode, as the movie suggests at the end. Ninny Threadgoode does make it home after Mrs. Otis dies, then you get a glimpse of 1986 Idgie and her brother Julian running a fresh foods stand at the end of the book but due to the circumstances you know Idgie is not Ninny. I read a review somewhere that made a case for the movie having Ninny and Idgie being the same person in the movie. Ninny could have wanted to keep her identity a secret while she told Evelyn about herself as the younger Idgie. In both book and movie, Ninny was “adopted” into the family, leaving her free to have a crush on Buddy and then eventually marry Cleo. Once the story was told and Evelyn was her friend, Ninny felt comfortable letting her in on her wild life as Idgie..If you enjoyed the movie I think you can still make up your own mind which ending makes more sense and feels better to you. I really liked the movie ending much more than the book ending; it just felt warmer and more uplifting to me, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and I would not recommend skipping it. As for me, I went ahead and got the extended anniversary edition DVD Fried Green Tomatoes (Extended Anniversary Edition) of the movie that has scenes left out of the movie. I enjoy both

Reviewer: diane goodman
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fried Green Tomatoes
Review: I enjoyed reading this book with all the little stories told by Ms Threadgood. The book was a little different from the movie Fried Green Tomatoes . I enjoyed reading the book , and watching the movie . The stories Ms Threadgood told would make you laugh or cry . Some of the book characters are very colorful too. I highly recommend this book with its enjoyable stories and entertaining plots and real life drama and happenings.

Reviewer: 😸 Momma Cat 17
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great “vintage” book
Review: This story is about a middle aged women who has become an empty nester when her children left home. The story is set in the early 1980s. She was always a stay at home mom but now does not know what to do with herself. She meets a woman in a nursing home and befriends her. Her new friend tells her stories of growing up in Alabama in the 1920-1960s.I don’t know if there was any historical accuracy to the stories the old woman told, but the stories are engaging and we become interested in the lives of all the characters we “meet.” I think the best thing about this book is that there are so many characters and subplots to follow! You feel like you are in the neighborhood with all of the people in the story.I would recommend this for mostly middle age and older women.

Reviewer: Micah Henning
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A novel that touches hearts in every generation!
Review: Although this novel dances throughout time, from the 30’s to the 80’s, I believe it touches on the topics we still deal with today. It speaks to women who wish to be more. It speaks on racial tensions, of the past, that influence society today. It speaks about love in circumstances that that don’t welcome it. All of these topics are woven in the tapestry of a juicy “who done it” murder investigation. Definitely worth the read!

Reviewer: Susan Ann Thornton
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fried Green Tomatoes
Review: This is The best of Fannie Flagg. I love all of her stories, but this is deep, and fun, and historically fascinating. I cried when the characters were harmed or died. I laughed many times. I did not want the story to end.

Reviewer: Kindle Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Sweet, heartfelt story!!!
Review: This is the first Fannie Flagg book I've read. I loved it!!! Fannie has a way with words, to be sure. Warm feelings were felt

Reviewer: Love the book. It was easy to read good quality. Thanks
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great quality and great story to read.
Review: I love the story and tead it on my breaks at work or just at home. I'll probably read it again.

Reviewer: Claudia
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Já havia visto o filme.Me senti em cena

Reviewer: cathie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Read this when it came up on a kindle daily deal. Absolute gem of a book. Well worth reading even at full price

Reviewer: IRMA ROBLES
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: El libro llegó en perfecto estado, la edición es perfecta.

Reviewer: Giada Bastioli
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: A Whistle Top mi sento sempre a casa. I suoi abitanti li sento sempre vicini, le sue strade mi sono di gran conforto e il Cafè è un rifugio dove sentirsi al sicuro. Torno sempre a Whistle Stop, quando è un da un po' di tempo che manco.Questa però era la prima volta che lo leggevo in inglese e devo ammettere che è stata una lettura piacevole e scorrevole. La lingua usata è molto intuitiva ed è anche un buon allenamento per chiunque voglia approcciarsi alla lettura in inglese

Reviewer: Mrinalini Menon
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Lovely book.. had to buy a copy for my permanent collection. Also great price on Amazon and this isn't there in any bookshop.