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Title details for Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg - Wait list

Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!

A Novel

#1 in series

by Fannie Flagg
Kate Reading
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A funny, serious, and compelling novel by Fannie Flagg, author of the beloved Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (and prize-winning co-writer of the classic movie).
“[This] tale of tough, eccentric, endearing women who first endure and then prevail. . . . will make you laugh out loud—and shed a few tears. . . . Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! is another rattling success.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch
Once again, Flagg's humor and respect and affection for her characters shine forth. Many inhabit small-town or suburban America. But this time, her heroine is urban: a brainy, beautiful, and ambitious rising star of 1970s television. Dena Nordstrom, pride of the network, is a woman whose future is full of promise, her present rich with complications, and her past marked by mystery.
Among the colorful cast of characters are:
Sookie, of Selma, Alabama, Dena's exuberant college roommate, who is everything that Dena is not; she is thrilled by Dena's success and will do everything short of signing autographs for her; Sookie's a mom, a wife, and a Kappa forever
        
Dena's cousins, the Warrens, and her aunt Elner, of Elmwood Springs, Missouri, endearing, loyal, talkative, ditsy, and, in their way, wise
        
Neighbor Dorothy, whose spirit hovers over them all through the radio show that she broadcast from her home in the 1940s
        
Sidney Capello, pioneer of modern sleaze journalism and privateer of privacy, and Ira Wallace, his partner in tabloid television
        
Several doctors, all of them taken with—and almost taken in by-Dena
There are others, captivated by a woman who tries to go home again, not knowing where home or love lie.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Elmwood Springs

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    February 12, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415951279
      • File size: 409845 KB
      • Duration: 14:13:50

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Anybody who has happy memories of fried green tomatoes and the Whistle Stop Cafe will want to follow Fannie Flagg to Elmwood Springs, Missouri. This old-fashioned town, reminiscent of Jan Karon's Mitford, becomes the emotional lodestone for a dazzling TV celebrity named Dena Nordstrom, whose mysterious past is threatening to destroy her. As the plot weaves back and forth in time, Kate Reading captures the highly individual voices of each of the many people who have haunted Dena's troubled life. Listening to Reading is a treat; her voice is almost like that of a beloved aunt telling stories on the front porch. Especially memorable: her interpretation of "Neighbor Dorothy" broadcasting on radio from her living room back in the '40's. J.C. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • AudioFile Magazine
      Fannie Flagg brings a real down-home quality to her reading of her own novel. The colloquialisms of Alabama and the sounds of Southern voices give a touching and lighthearted aura to the story of a TV anchorwoman's struggle to rise to the top of network news. The juxtaposition of fame, corporate TV machinations and small-town sensibilities are covered well in this abridgment, and Fannie Flagg makes listening to her intriguing novel rewarding entertainment. J.P. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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