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 "I still dream about you"
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Average Rating:
4.2 stars
Description:
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"
Star rating for A redbird Christmas
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Book cover for "The whole town's talking"
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Average Rating:
3.9 stars
Description:
Elmwood Springs, Missouri, is a small town like any other, but something strange is happening at the cemetery. Still Meadows, as it's called, is anything but still. Original, profound, The Whole Town's Talking, a novel in the tradition of Thornton Wilder's Our Town and Flagg's own Can't Wait to Get to Heaven, tells the story of Lordor Nordstrom, his Swedish mail-order bride, Katrina, and their neighbors and descendants as they live, love, die, and...
Book cover for "The wonder boy of Whistle Stop"
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Average Rating:
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...