Review: 'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe' by Fannie Flagg

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'Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe' by Fannie Flagg, 416 pages - Instagram @c_reads_books

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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg tells two stories at once. One is of Mrs. Threadgoode, an elderly woman telling her life story to Evelyn, a woman in the sad slump of middle age who comes to a nursing home to visit her mother-in-law each week. Meeting Mrs. Threadgoode, who is willing to share her stories with anyone, whether or not they’re listening, Evelyn is transported into the stories she tells, also of two women, Idgie and Ruth. Idgie and her friend Ruth ran a little restaurant in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the thirties, providing everything from good barbecue to love, friendship, and laughter to even an occasional murder. As Evelyn gets more and more invested in the stories her friend Mrs. Threadgoode tells, she learns not only about the past, but about herself and her future.

I absolutely loved this book. I watched the movie a few years ago, not knowing it was a book, and loved it. Although the movie was great, having now read the book, I can wholeheartedly say the book is better (as it always is in my opinion). Both the stories of Evelyn and Mrs. Threadgoode and Idgie and Ruth are equally enjoyable and captivating to read. Every single character in the book, past or present, is interesting, well-developed, and easy to relate to in at least one way. This book, just like Idgie and Ruth’s restaurant, is full of laughter, love, and friendship. Overall, words cannot express how much I loved this book, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone looking for a heartwarming story!