Summer Reading-Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
So I'm sure many of you have heard of the movie Fried Green Tomatoes. It came out in 1991 and starred Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Jessica Tandy, and Mary Louise Parker. I have not seen this movie, but I remember when it came out. I remember thinking it looked interesting. I mean, who doesn't like a good girl's night movie? Flash forward to the present and I found out a few months ago that it was based on a book by Fannie Flagg. I also found out that I had inadvertently picked up another book by this same author. I wrote about my thoughts on the The All Girls Filling Station Last Reunion a while back. I wasn't overly crazy about that book, and sadly I feel the same about this one. Here's a link to that post: https://themotleyreader.blogspot.com/2020/06/summer-reading-all-girl-filling.html Ms. Flagg is a good writer. I can tell that much from the two books I've read. She is very capable of telling a good story. Her characters are likable. Her stories ...