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Summary: Ties things up like a beautiful gift.
Review: As one who has experienced the 40's and has a wonderful memory of them, I can say that Flagg has hit the warmth and gentleness of the people right on the button. I cared about all the characters almost immediately which is rare in today's fiction. For those who like nice people and happy endings and a very well developed plot, they will find it right here.
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Summary: Fannie Flagg Has done it again. What an amazing novel.
Review: I could not put this book down, it was packed full of so many wonderful everyday occurances but Miss Flagg adds a spark and a smile to everyone of them. I have to say my favorite character was Aunt Elner, so wise and yet so young at heart. At first Dena seemed to me as a power-hungry shark but as I read on I realize that she is trying to do exactly what Aunt Elner says in the begining of the book; find her place in the world, but don't do it alone. Family is the most important thing. There will always be family, no matter how far away they are. Thank You Miss Flagg, I look forward to reading your future novels.
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Summary: Welcome to the World, Baby Girl is a funny, enjoyable book
Review: For the past few months, I have been dying to get my hands onto the book Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg. Almost everyone in my seventh grade class raves about how well written it is. Everytime I went to our school library to see if it was available, it was always checked out. Once I got my hands on it and started to read, I was facinated, touched, and filled with laughter. This book is about a young woman's journey to stardom in the 1970's and how one event in teens changed the way she viewed life, religion, and love. Some parts in the book might bore you, but the majority of it is an extrodinary piece. Fannie Flagg is indeed a wonderful author. I also recommend her book Daisy Fay and the Miricle Man (also known as Coming Attractions), which I happened to like just a tad better. Laura
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Summary: This is entertaining summer reading.
Review: You won't be intellectually challenged by WTTWBG, but you will be charmed by Ms. Flagg's characters. Those of us with Southern roots can probably "remember" the people she writes about. This is a great part of the book's charm. It's like sitting on the front porch, after dark, watching lighting bugs and listening to the grown-ups talk - very comforting and safe. Dena's secret seems tame by today's standards, and if Ms. Flagg is attempting to make the point that today's media has run amok she needs something more sensational to jolt our modern "seen it all" society. Still, there are lessons to be learned and one of the strongest is that hiding who we are can harm us and those we love. Perhaps this is the real message of WWTTWBG. By all means read this book. Elmwood Springs, Missouri feels like home.
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Summary: pleasant but not great
Review: Since I thoroughly enjoyed Fried Green Tomatoes, I hoped for something as good or even better, but was disappointed. I was at least 250 pages into the book before I really started to care about the characters. I'm glad I stuck it out for the last third is much better. I won't quit on Flagg however, as her gentle pokings and probings at us fallible humans is needed.
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Summary: SOOOO much better than I'd heard!!
Review: I'm a huge fan of Flagg's other two novels, and everyone kept saying that this one wasn't nearly as good. I do think that's setting the bar kind of high...!! But this is a wonderful book on its own, and I loved it. The mystery is compelling, and the warmth of Baby Girl's hometown has stayed with me. I'm in love with Neighbor Dorothy!
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Summary: A Great Book, with a Powerful message....
Review: This book also touches on a very timely subject. Scandlemongering ... aka, digging up garbage on celebrities; an unfortunate reading pasttime for certain groups of no-life-people! I didn't read Fried Green Tomatoes, but I just purchased it after finishing this novel. It was wonderful. Fannie Flagg, you are my new favorite author, right up there with Jan Karon ! Thank you. I'm waiting anxiously for your next novel.
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Summary: Best Book I've Read in a Long Time
Review: Fannie Flagg's newest look at small town Americana is like a cool, refreshing drink of water. From my experience of growing up in the South of the 1950's, I can assure you that the characters of Norma, Aunt Edna and all the rest are authentically portrayed - as a matter of fact, they were my aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins. I think each of us can benefit from this first-rate trip to the past, while jumping to present times for comparison. It also forces the reader to stop and think about his or her own hidden prejudices and to purge them once and for all.
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Summary: A Pleasure From Beginning to End
Review: Fannie Flagg has become one of my favorite authors, and her newest novel is at the top of my list. I found myself wishing that Aunt Elner had been my aunt and that I had grown up in Elmwood Springs listening to the Neighbor Dorothy radio program. Dena's journey from her artificial existence as a celebrity to her love-filled, small-town life as a woman with a past, a present, and a future was a joy to read.
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Summary: This book had the substance of cotton candy.
Review: Be warned that this book may be pretty and sweet, but contains little nourishment for the mind or soul. It reads like a shallow blockbuster and is entertaining, but left me feeling like I wasted my time on fluff.
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