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Title: Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg ISBN: 0-8041-1935-X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 03 June, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.12 (113 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: I WOULD stand in this rainbow anytime
Comment: Once again Fannie Flagg has written a book impossible to put down. Each and every page is filled with characters you know or knew. I must admit that I am not much of a fiction reader with the exception of Flagg and a few others. This is a must read for fans of Flagg and non-fans alike. I would be reading this at work and laughing so hard that tears would be flowing and then of course my co-workers would want to know what I was laughing about. There were the teary-eyed parts as well. I certainly hope Hollywood comes knocking and makes this one into a movie. While Fried Green Tomatoes was a much better book than a movie, it was still enjoyable and worth while and this would be so much fun to cast. If you're listening Hollywood, I have some people in mind. Well worth the time spent reading as all her books are. I just read "Daisy Faye" after my daughter begged me for years and now I have "Welcome to the World Baby Girl" waiting. I cannot wait to see what Fannie has in store next for us. Thanks for such alive characters and plots.
Rating: 5
Summary: Heartwarming, Witty, and Captivating.....
Comment: The year, 1946; the place, Elmwood Springs, Missouri. Life is good and filled with unlimited opportunities and promise, the future never seemed brighter, and spirits are lifted daily, by the "lady with the smile in her voice," radio homemaker, Neighbor Dorothy Smith, as she passes along recipes, friendly advice, local news, and a little entertainment, each morning, from her living room on station WDOT. Meet the Smith family, their friends, neighbors, and acquaintances, and revel in the joys of small town life, as Fannie Flagg takes the reader on an amazing fifty year odyssey, rich in insight, wisdom, humor, and truth. This is storytelling at its very best, filled with interesting twists and surprises, vivid scenes, engaging writing, and clever dialogue. But it's Ms Flagg's brilliant characterizations that make this book stand out and sparkle. These are complex and endearing, real people, warts and all, not cliched, cartoon characters, and Ms Flagg is able to breathe life into each and every one of them. Standing In The Rainbow is an intriguing and captivating story, sometimes poignant, often uplifting, but always touching and heartwarming; a story that captures the imagination as it pulls you in, and introduces a whole new generation to the simple wonders of living in a small town. You'll laugh, you'll cry, but mostly you'll remember what it was like to walk with your family down a decorated Main Street at Christmas to buy your tree at the town lot for $1.50, sit on a stool and have a sundae at the drug store soda fountain, watch a whole afternoon of movies, every Saturday, for a nickle, and listen to the voice of a friendly "neighbor" each day on the radio. And there was never a doubt that "something wonderful was always just about to happen..."
Rating: 4
Summary: Wonderful Voice and Character
Comment: This novel spans the 40's to the 90's in a small Missouri town. The beginning of the novel is a bit slow but as I got into the book I realized that was due in part to the depth of the characters the author was creating.
The voices that Fannie Flagg creates in this novel are so much fun to read. You become their friends and want to see where they are going to end up. There are some fun twists and just enough humor to keep you entertained throughout.
This is the perfect book to read in short spurts. There are wonderful short chapters. I used it as a great lunchtime read.
Enjoy!
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Title: Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg ISBN: 080411868X Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 07 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Daisy Fay & the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg ISBN: 0446394521 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe by Fannie Flagg ISBN: 0804115613 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 31 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Milk Glass Moon by Adriana Trigiani ISBN: 0345445856 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind : A Novel by Ann B. Ross ISBN: 0688177751 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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