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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...
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[2016]
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English
Average Rating:
3.9 stars
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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...
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English
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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...
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date:
2007, c2006
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Strange things begin to happen when Mrs. Shimfissle, an eighty-year-old woman, falls out of a fig tree in her own front yard, in a novel about one woman's offbeat experiences in the hereafter.
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Ballantine Books
Pub. Date:
2001
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English
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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Dena Nordstrom, a beautiful, rising star of network TV news, finds her career and life taking some unexpected turns as she copes with the demands of her profession, memories of her past, and a love affair with her psychiatrist.
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English
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3.9 stars
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"Little white lies have never been so risky—or so much fun." — Orlando Sentinel
New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews delivers a tantalizing tale about an abandoned Atlanta housewife and mother who tells one tiny white lie that sets her world spiraling outrageously out of control.
This winning and wonderful romp focuses on all the important things in life: marriage and divorce,
...14. Wedding cake
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NoveList Series:
Hope Springs series (J. Lynne Hinton) volume 5.
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Pub. Date:
2010
Language:
English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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"Hinton's down-home charm carries the light, feel-good story with ease."
—Publishers Weekly
First came Friendship Cake, then Christmas Cake, and now Wedding Cake—another delightful chapter in the ongoing story of the ladies of Hope Springs, North Carolina, who, after a difficult year, are banding together to find the perfect husband for a dear friend. Author Lynne Hinton has cooked up a wonderful confection that...
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NoveList Series:
Miss Julia series volume 4.
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Miss Julia volume 4
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English
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
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Despite her increasing concerns at the exploits marking her boyfriend's mid-life crisis, sharp-tongued southerner Miss Julia launches a fund-raiser to save her housekeeper's home from being lost to the schemes of a greedy landlord.
17. My Favorites
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marissa s.
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This list has been created by a Library Assistant at Wake County Public Libraries (WCPL) and encompasses *most* of the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus other identitites such as, intersex, asexual, aromantic, demisexual, demiromantic, nonbinary, genderqueer, and more) titles categorized under "Fiction" in the WCPL collection as of March 17, 2025.
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