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Fannie Flagg


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in Birmingham, Alabama, The United States
September 21, 1944

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Fannie Flagg began writing and producing television specials at age nineteen and went on to distinguish herself as an actress and writer in television, films, and the theater. She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (which was produced by Universal Pictures as "Fried Green Tomatoes"), Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!, Standing in the Rainbow, and A Redbird Christmas.

Flagg’s film script for "Fried Green Tomatoes" was nominated for both the Academy Award and the Writers Guild of America Award and won the highly regarded Scripters Award. She lives in California and Alabama.
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the...

4.28 avg rating — 323,677 ratings — published 1987 — 170 editions
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The All-Girl Filling Statio...

4.03 avg rating — 56,306 ratings — published 2013 — 42 editions
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A Redbird Christmas

3.96 avg rating — 32,151 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
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Welcome to the World, Baby ...

3.92 avg rating — 27,988 ratings — published 1998 — 50 editions
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The Whole Town's Talking (E...

3.67 avg rating — 22,792 ratings — published 2016 — 25 editions
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Can't Wait to Get to Heaven...

3.95 avg rating — 21,021 ratings — published 2006 — 66 editions
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The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop

4.11 avg rating — 20,052 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions
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I Still Dream About You

3.64 avg rating — 22,207 ratings — published 2010 — 48 editions
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Standing in the Rainbow (El...

4.07 avg rating — 18,724 ratings — published 2002 — 40 editions
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Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man

3.97 avg rating — 16,646 ratings — published 1981 — 53 editions
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Quotes by Fannie Flagg  (?)
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“Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead.”
Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

“I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.”
Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

“You know, a heart can be broken, but it keeps on beating, just the same.”
Fannie Flagg, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Polls

July's genre is general/literary fiction and since it's summer, I thought we would read women's fiction with a bit of a lighter fare. This poll will end on June 10th.

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg Fannie Flagg
 
  3 votes, 60.0%

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells Rebecca Wells
 
  1 vote, 20.0%

Songs Without Words Songs Without Words by Ann Packer Ann Packer
 
  1 vote, 20.0%

Garden Spells Garden Spells (Waverley Family, #1) by Sarah Addison Allen Sarah Addison Allen
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

If You Could See Me Now If You Could See Me Now by Cecelia Ahern Cecelia Ahern
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

Mrs Kimble Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh Jennifer Haigh
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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