Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Author: Fannie Flagg

Alternative covers for this ISBN can be found here and hereFolksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is 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….Read More

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