So reading a love story about two women in the 1920s and 30s, where everyone in a tiny town in Alabama is a wonderfully hopeful book. While Idgie is referred to as "she" throughout the book, she dresses very masculine and at one point even participates in an "all-male" theatre production. It's progressive and before its time in terms of sexuality and gender expression. Ninny's stories rage from the the 1920s and beyond, mostly focusing on the 1920s and 30s, when Ruth Jamison and Idgie Threadgoode opened a small-town diner in an even smaller town, and brought the community together in ways no one may have thought possible.įirst and foremost, Fried Green Tomatoes is a lesbian love story. Evelyn, an empty nester and trying to rediscover herself, is all ears. During those long visitation days, Evelyn makes nice with Ninny as the older woman shares stories from her past. Ninny Threadgoode in a nursing home in Birmingham, where Ninny is a resident and Evelyn is tagging along with her husband to visit his mother. But I did watch the movie right after reading the book, and they are truly two entirely different experiences. I'd seen the Fried Green Tomatoes movie several times, but it's been years since I'd sat down and watched it all in one sitting, so it was nice to not have the movie fresh in my mind when diving into the reading experience. I picked up the book to finally read it in anticipation of Fannie Flagg's upcoming novel, The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop, which returns to the same small town of Whistle Stop, Alabama. Fried Green Tomatoes is a classic - both book and film-wise. It will lift your spirits and above all it'll remind you of the secret to life: friends.Reviewing the book Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafewas one of the most challenging books to review and rate in a while. But how anybody could have thought she murdered that man is beyond me.įried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a mouth-watering tale of love, laughter and mystery. And Idgie? She was a character, all right. Ruth was just the sweetest girl you ever met. You could get eggs, grits, bacon, ham, coffee and a smile for 25 cents. It was the Depression and that cafe was a home from home for many of us. The day Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison opened the Whistle Stop Cafe, the town took a turn for the better. Rediscover the ultimate comfort read in the classic story of friendship, loyalty and secrets set in the deep south of America in the 1930s.
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