Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

A Novel

By: Fannie Flagg

Narrated by: Fannie Flagg

She's one of America's fairest and funniest ladies. Actress and screenwriter, director and comedienne, Fannie Flagg is also a most accomplished and high-spirited author. Said Kirkus of her first book, Coming Attractions: "It's subtitled 'A wonderful novel' and that's exactly what it is." Here is her second. Get ready, because it's going to make you laugh (a lot), cry (a little), and care (forever).

What is it? It's first the story of two women in the 1980s: gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode tells her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women, of the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend, Ruth, who, back in the 30s, ran a little place in Whistle Stop, Alabama - a Southern kind of Café Wobegon offering good barbecue and good coffee and all kinds of love and laughter, even an occasional murder.

And as the past unfolds, the present, for Evelyn and for us, will never quite be the same.

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café is folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, with humor and drama, and with an ending that would fill with smiling tears the Whistle Stop Lake...if they only had a lake.

©1987 Fannie Flagg (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

"A sparkling gem." (Birmingham News)
"This whole literary enterprise shines with honesty, gallantry, and love of perfect details that might otherwise be forgotten." (Los Angeles Times)

Literally in the Author’s Voice

I absolutely love hearing this in the author’s voice! You get to hear her story exactly the way she intended it to be told, with the added bonus of authenticity to her characters as individuals and the way that they interrelate with one another. One gets the impression that these characters are based on people the author grew up around, with the characteristic “Southern Charm “ of folks from the rural South.

AWESOME STORY

This is just a really good story, made better by the narrator!
Thanks Audible

whimsical, fun, draws you in

This story takes you back and forth from modern day to a time long past. The characters are formed well enough that you feel you know them, and look forward to what will happen next.

lovely abridged version

This was a very well-edited, short version of the actual book, and the author's read was fantastic. Perfect length for a homesick pick-me-up.

Finally.

I have been wanting to read this but never had the chance to get the book. I decided on a whim to get this app and see if they had it. I finished this in one sitting. I love it.

This book touches my heart

I love this book. It's a joy to go back and enjoy it over and over again..

Warmed my heart like gravy warms biscuits!

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Definitely - the story is true in both its layers, and Fannie Flagg's narration is spot on, giving the reader an immersion experience in Whistle Stop culture.

What did you like best about this story?

The double layers of the story - history and contemporary.

Who was the most memorable character of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe and why?

Idgie Threadgood is a free spirit, a real bee charmer.

Wonderful

Lit up my heart. I loved that the author herself read it, and she was great.

The movie was better

The book was just okay but personally, I really thought that the movie was much better.

Quaint Story...

While the book is quaint little story, this is one of the few times when the movie was better than the book. And not a little better, but alot better. I loved the movie so much, I guess I was hoping for more.