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Summary: A Pleasure
Review: Eleven-year-old Daisy Fay Harper is the sassy narrator of Fannie Flagg's debut novel. Documenting her experiences growing up in a tiny Mississippi beach town, Daisy Fay writes with indomitable humor, charm, and pluck. Fannie Flagg has an amazing talent for creating true-to-life (yet marvelously zany) characters, and Daisy Fay and her town are no exception. The only problem? Flagg appears to lose interest once Daisy Fay hits high school. Things take a turn for the worse - both in Daisy Fay's life and in the writing. Things aren't as detailed, and the older Daisy Fay lacks much of the smart alecky quality of her younger counterpart. Still, a more than worthwhile read.
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Summary: Touching and hilarious coming-of-age tale
Review: Fannie Flagg wrote this one before striking it rich with Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, and it's not as good as that show-stopper. But it's just fine, if you don't try to compare it to Green Tomatoes. It's hilarious, sentimental, also written in anecdotal diary format, as were parts of FGT at WSC.
Told in the POV of Daisy Fay, it includes a flamboyant and unforgettable cast of characters that we have come to expect from author Flagg as we follow sassy but lonely 11 year old Daisy Fay on her unlikely journey toward the title of Miss Mississippi.
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Summary: Funniest Book I've Ever Read
Review: For sheer entertainment and a laugh-out-loud good time, this is the book to read. I think Fannie Flagg is always witty and heartwarming, but this, her first novel, has to be the most humorous book ever. Daisy Fay Harper's story is told via her diary which begins in 1952 when she is eleven-years-old and ends in 1959 when she leaves Mississippi to begin her long-awaited future. Along the way, the reader is treated to a hodgepodge of beautifully-drawn characters including would-be socialites, restaurant operators, wayward preachers, theater people, back-alley abortionists, and more. Whether it's rising from the dead, riding half-naked on horseback through the middle of town, or competing for a longed-for scholarship in the Miss Mississippi pageant, Daisy Fay is about the most endearing character to ever leap from the pages of a novel. She is stubborn, feisty, loving, loyal, and focused. Most of all, her coming of age is an accurate portrayal of Southern life in the 1950's. It has not been sanitized to be politically correct or rewritten to avoid offense. It is truthful and sincere and the most side-splittingly funny novel I've had the pleasure of reading. Whether you grew up in the South or not, this microcosm of small-town life in the 1950's will touch your heart. So join Daisy Fay, her struggling mother and her father, the Miracle Man, for a trip back to a time and era that is too rich with human emotion to ever forget.
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Summary: Funniest Book I've Ever Read
Review: For sheer entertainment and a laugh-out-loud good time, this is the book to read. I think Fannie Flagg is always witty and heartwarming, but this, her first novel, has to be the most humorous book ever. Daisy Fay Harper's story is told via her diary which begins in 1952 when she is eleven-years-old and ends in 1959 when she leaves Mississippi to begin her long-awaited future. Along the way, the reader is treated to a hodgepodge of beautifully-drawn characters including would-be socialites, restaurant operators, wayward preachers, theater people, back-alley abortionists, and more. Whether it's rising from the dead, riding half-naked on horseback through the middle of town, or competing for a longed-for scholarship in the Miss Mississippi pageant, Daisy Fay is about the most endearing character to ever leap from the pages of a novel. She is stubborn, feisty, loving, loyal, and focused. Most of all, her coming of age is an accurate portrayal of Southern life in the 1950's. It has not been sanitized to be politically correct or rewritten to avoid offense. It is truthful and sincere and the most side-splittingly funny novel I've had the pleasure of reading. Whether you grew up in the South or not, this microcosm of small-town life in the 1950's will touch your heart. So join Daisy Fay, her struggling mother and her father, the Miracle Man, for a trip back to a time and era that is too rich with human emotion to ever forget.
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Summary: Suprised by Homework
Review: Have you ever heard of summer homework? If you are in a sane school, probably not; I however, go to an INsane school, where they don't seem to understand the term SUMMER VACATION. This was the first book I was assigned. I wasn't even in summer school, and did not look forward to reading it. I thought it would be a waste of my time, especially because I thought the title stupid (*and I still do*). However, I was suprised.
I was promptly sucked into the wild and tragic world of Daisy Fay Harper, who was unfortunately named after a vase of flowers. Her thoughts on the world are often hysterical, and unusual, and the pase moves so fast that you end up reading a hundred pages without having time to blink. Yet if this story was not written in Daisy Fay's tumbling style, this would actually be a very sad book. What is incredibal is that the author has taken a character, who practically leaps out of the page; by the first chapter you really know her, and that's hard to do.
The book is written in diary form, and spans from 1952 to 1959, with two years missing. The first half you witness Daisy Fay as an eleven year old girl, the next you leap to her as a fifteen year old "young lady." What really struck me in this transition was the way she believably grew older; she was still the same, and yet you could see the changes in her.
This is a good summer book. Despite it's three hundred pages, I read it in about a day or two, and thouroughly enjoyed it. It was quick, very funny, yet sad at times, with a very likable character, and I certainly don't regret reading it.
Although I resent having to do a project on it.
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Summary: What a flaming piece of junk
Review: I was desparate for something to listen to this week so grabbed this at the local library. Read the Amazon reviews and they seemed great. This book is totally worthless. Somebody had the audacity to say it was the funniest book ever? What do you normally read - physics textbooks? A total and absolute waste of my time. Had maybe 3 funny parts in the entire thing. The only reason I finished it was because it is so short and I figured with so many good reviews SOMETHING must happen SOMEWHERE. I was wrong. I don't think I've ever regretted a book before. Well, there's a first time for everything.
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Summary: Fannie Flagg is a born story teller!
Review: I was hooked on this book from page one. The journal of 11 year old (to her late teens) Daisy Fay Harper is a gem! I laughed so much reading this book and wondered, "Where did Fannie Flagg get these ideas?" She is a wonderful story teller. The characters are great (didn't we all have someone like Kay Bob "Big Mouth" Benson in our lives?) and memorable. If anyone is looking for a light read and lots of fun and laughs then look no further than DAISY FAY AND THE MIRACLE MAN. I'm recommending this book to all my friends who love to read.
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Summary: A Pleasure
Review: I'm usually one to stick with a tried and true bestseller like "Da Vinci" or McCrae's "The Bark of the Dogwood," but after reading mainly mysteries and thrillers, I thought I would give myself a break and I picked up Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man. I have giggled and thoroughly enjoyed myself throughout the entire book. What a pleasure to read. I am now a fan of Fannie Flagg and am looking forward to reading another of her books. I hope there will be more coming. The characters and dialogue are just remarkable. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Miracle is right!
Review: My Southern reading list includes some of the classics you all know, and few you might not. My only criteria is that the book be absolutely fantastic, and the ones I've picked fall in that category easily, with "Daisy Fay" coming in first place. Here are the other ones: Fried Green Tomatoes
The Children's Corner by Jackson McCrae
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Confederacy of Dunces You can't go wrong with any of these in my opinion. Enjoy and pass them on!
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Summary: A Must Read...
Review: This book is an interesting, can't put down type of book. Starts off with a little girl born into a family with problems: arriage and drinking. Named after a vase of flowers, Daisy Fay shows us her story growing up, dealing with divorce of her parents, her father's drinking, a mother's death, and people who she absolutly dispise. Her journey through life makes you cry, smile, and celebrate on the inside while reading this novel. Take the time, read it, you will be glad you did.
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