500 Great Books By Women discussion

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Fannie Flagg, 1988, United States, NOVEL

"...The storytellers never find use for the label "lesbian," nor do they see fit to take us behind closed doors, but this is nevertheless the irresistible story of a fierce and true love between two women, Idgie and Ruth...Among revelations big and small, Fannie Flagg mixes descriptions of small-town life and direct confrontations with racism, sexism, and ageism—told in the colorful and endearing language of the depression-era South—with the cafe's recipes for grits, collard greens, and, of course, fried green tomatoes."

(C.M., p. 353)