Daughter’s hot take: “Mom gave this to me. I had no intention of ever reading it. Oh wait, Fannie Flagg is the author and not the name of the book? She’s the Fried Green Tomatoes lady? Well cool, but I’ll still probably never read it.”

Overview

The one and only Fannie Flagg, beloved author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven, and I Still Dream About You, is at her hilarious and superb best in this new comic mystery novel about two women who are forced to reimagine who they are.

Mrs. Sookie Poole of Point Clear, Alabama, has just married off the last of her daughters and is looking forward to relaxing and perhaps traveling with her husband, Earle. The only thing left to contend with is her mother, the formidable Lenore Simmons Krackenberry. Lenore may be a lot of fun for other people, but is, for the most part, an overbearing presence for her daughter. Then one day, quite by accident, Sookie discovers a secret about her mother’s past that knocks her for a loop and suddenly calls into question everything she ever thought she knew about herself, her family, and her future.

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Trade Paperbacks

• Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 29, 2014

• Language ‏ : ‎ English

• Print length ‏ : ‎ 384 pages

• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0812977172

Note: There is some cover damage, minor wrinkled pages, and some adhesive residue on the cover.