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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.
Sookie begins a search for answers that takes her to California, the
Midwest, and back in time, to the 1940s, when an irrepressible woman
named Fritzi takes on the job of running her family's filling station.
Soon truck drivers are changing their routes to fill up at the All-Girl
Filling Station. Then, Fritzi sees an opportunity for an even more
groundbreaking adventure. As Sookie learns about the adventures of the
girls at the All-Girl Filling Station, she finds herself with new
inspiration for her own life.
Fabulous, fun-filled, spanning decades and generations, and centered on
a little-known aspect of America's twentieth-century story, The
All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion is another irresistible novel
by the remarkable Fannie Flagg.
Praise for The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
"A beautifully told tale, world-class humor, and characters who live
forever in a grateful reader's world. Fannie Flagg keeps getting better
and better. The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion proves
it."--Pat Conroy
"If all the self-help books that promote ways to 'find yourself' were
stacked in an enormous pile . . . none would approach the sweet wisdom
with which Flagg infuses The All-Girl Filling Station's Last
Reunion."--Richmond Times-Dispatch
"It's Flagg's pleasure to hit her characters with several happy endings,
but the real happiness is that she's given us another lovable--and
quirky--novel."--The Washington Post
