{"product_id":"welcome-to-the-world-baby-girl-by-fannie-flagg","title":"Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! by Fannie Flagg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA funny, serious, and compelling novel by Fannie Flagg, author of the beloved\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e(and prize-winning co-writer of the classic movie).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“[This] tale of tough, eccentric, endearing women who first endure and then prevail. . . . will make you laugh out loud—and shed a few tears. . . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eWelcome to the World, Baby Girl!\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis another rattling success.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong the colorful cast of characters are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSookie, 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\u003cbr\u003e        \u003cbr\u003eDena's cousins, the Warrens, and her aunt Elner, of Elmwood Springs, Missouri, endearing, loyal, talkative, ditsy, and, in their way, wise\u003cbr\u003e        \u003cbr\u003eNeighbor Dorothy, whose spirit hovers over them all through the radio show that she broadcast from her home in the 1940s\u003cbr\u003e        \u003cbr\u003eSidney Capello, pioneer of modern sleaze journalism and privateer of privacy, and Ira Wallace, his partner in tabloid television\u003cbr\u003e        \u003cbr\u003eSeveral doctors, all of them taken with—and almost taken in by-Dena\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are others, captivated by a woman who tries to go home again, not knowing where home or love lie.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46664538751217,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/9757\/8890\/files\/babygirlflagg.jpg?v=1752101134","url":"https:\/\/shopsouthandpine.com\/products\/welcome-to-the-world-baby-girl-by-fannie-flagg","provider":"South \u0026 Pine and Blue Apple Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}