A funny, serious, and compelling 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).
"[This] tale of tough, eccentric, endearing women who first endure
and then prevail. . . . will make you laugh out loud--and shed a few
tears. . . . Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! is another rattling
success."--Richmond Times-Dispatch
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.
