The book then starts to include viewpoint sections from the lives of several inhabitants of Whistle Stop between the 1920s and 1960s. Threadgoode’s tales about her life in the tiny town of Whistle Stop, Alabama. To her surprise, she is captivated by Mrs. Threadgoode is thrilled to have a captive audience to talk to, much to Evelyn’s dismay. One day, while her husband visits his mother at a nursing home, she meets eighty-seven-year-old Mrs. We are introduced to Evelyn Couch, a rather miserable forty-something woman living in 1986. Only one thread of this story is told strictly in chronological order. I’m pleased to report that Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe has made the list. I haven’t read anywhere near enough queer novels where none of the characters see the gay relationship as anything out of the ordinary. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg (review)
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