Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!: A Novel-Quality Guarantee

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A funny, serious, and compelling novelby 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 andrespect and affection for her characters shine forth. Many inhabit small-town orsuburban America. But this time, her heroine is urban: a brainy, beautiful, and ambitiousrising star of 1970s television. Dena Nordstrom, pride of the network, is a womanwhose future is full of promise, her present rich with complications, and her pastmarked by mystery.

Among the colorful cast of characters are:

Sookie, of Selma,Alabama, Dena’s exuberantcollege roommate, who is everything that Denais not;she is thrilled by Dena’s success and willdo everything short of signing autographsforher; 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 spirithovers over themall through the radio show that she broadcastfrom her home inthe 1940s

Sidney Capello, pioneer of modern sleaze journalism and privateerof privacy, and Ira Wallace,his partner in tabloid television

Severaldoctors, all of them taken with—andalmost taken in by-Dena

There are others,captivated by a woman who tries to go home again, not knowing where home or lovelie.