Color Our World Movies: Fried Green Tomatoes

Reading lists for the works of Fannie Flagg and other similar types of novels. Made for the 7/15/25 meeting of the Cary Library Movie Club.

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Book cover for "The all-girl filling station's last reunion"
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4.1 stars
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Spanning decades, generations, and America in the 1940s and today, this is a fun-loving mystery about an Alabama woman today, and five women who in 1943 worked in a Phillips 66 gas station, during the WWII years. "Spanning decades, generations, and America in the 1940s and today, The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion is a fun-loving mystery about an Alabama woman today, and five women who in 1943 worked in a Phillips 66 gas station, during...
Book cover for "Fried green tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe"
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4.1 stars
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Mrs. Threadgoode's tale of two high-spirited women of the 1930s, Idgie and Ruth, helps Evelyn, a 1980s woman in a sad slump of middle age, to begin to rejuvenate her own life
Book cover for "I still dream about you"
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4.2 stars
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Hiding her unhappiness from those who believe she has a perfect life, former beauty queen Maggie has an unexpected change of circumstances that leads to surprising discoveries and valuable lessons in friendship.
Book cover for "A redbird Christmas"
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4.3 stars
Book cover for "The wonder boy of Whistle Stop"
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3.4 stars
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"Bud Threadgoode grew up in the bustling little railroad town of Whistle Stop, Alabama, with his mother Ruth, church going and proper, and the fun-loving hell-raiser, his Aunt Idgie. Together they ran the town's popular Whistle Stop Café, known far and wide for its famous "Fried Green Tomatoes." And as Bud often said of his childhood, "How lucky can you get?" But sadly, the railroad yards began to shut down and the town became a ghost town, with...