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Welcome to the World, Baby Girl

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Welcome to the World, Baby Girl

By: Fannie Flagg
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Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! is the funny, serious, and compelling new novel by Fannie Flagg, author of the beloved Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (and prize-winning co-writer of the classic movie).

Once again, Flagg's humor and respect and affection for her characters shine forth. Many inhabit small-town or suburban America. But this time, her heroine is urban: a brainy, beautiful, and ambitious rising star of 1970s television. Dena Nordstrom, pride of the network, is a woman whose future is full of promise, her present rich with complications, and her past marked by mystery.

Among the colorful cast of characters are:

Sookie, of Selma, Alabama, Dena's exuberant college roommate, who is everything that Dena is not; she is thrilled by Dena's success and will do everything short of signing autographs for her; Sookie's a mom, a wife, and a Kappa forever

Dena's cousins, the Warrens, and her aunt Elner, of Elmwood Springs, Missouri, endearing, loyal, talkative, ditsy, and, in their way, wise

Neighbor Dorothy, whose spirit hovers over them all through the radio show that she broadcast from her home in the 1940s

Sidney Capello, pioneer of modern sleaze journalism and privateer of privacy, and Ira Wallace, his partner in tabloid television

Several doctors, all of them taken with--and almost taken in by-Dena

There are others, captivated by a woman who tries to go home again, not knowing where home or love lie. Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Women's Fiction Inspiring Witty Funny Comedy
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It is a great and very heartwarming novel with an interesting story. Feel good listen.

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Fannie Flagg has nailed feel good fiction which still addresses difficult issues. As usual with her books, I felt transported to a softer society. her books always make me want to bake.

Feel good fiction at its best.

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Love Fannie Flagg’s voice and the story has a really unexpected twist and I love a happy ending. Good ole girls

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