Can't Wait to Get to Heaven: 3 (Elmwood Springs) - Softcover

Flagg, Fannie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345494881 ISBN 13: 9780345494887

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 2007

Synopsis

Combining southern warmth with unabashed emotion and side-splitting hilarity, Fannie Flagg takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here?

Life is the strangest thing. One minute, Mrs. Elner Shimfissle is up in her tree, picking figs, and the next thing she knows, she is off on an adventure she never dreamed of, running into people she never in a million years expected to meet. Meanwhile, back home, Elner's nervous, high-strung niece Norma faints and winds up in bed with a cold rag on her head; Elner's neighbor Verbena rushes immediately to the Bible; her truck driver friend, Luther Griggs, runs his eighteen-wheeler into a ditch-and the entire town is thrown for a loop and left wondering, "What is life all about, anyway?" Except for Tot Whooten, who owns Tot's Tell It Like It Is Beauty Shop. Her main concern is that the end of the world might come before she can collect her social security.

In this comedy-mystery, those near and dear to Elner discover something wonderful: Heaven is actually right here, right now, with people you love, neighbors you help, friendships you keep. Can't Wait to Get to Heaven is proof once more that Fannie Flagg "was put on this earth to write" (Southern Living), spinning tales as sweet and refreshing as iced tea on a summer day, with a little extra kick thrown in.

About this title

Review:

"Good, old-fashioned sentimentality... Dialogue and witty asides... [And] aphorisms galore, many so good they make you snort out loud" (Observer)

"A born storyteller" (New York Times)

"Funny and utterly charming" (Chicago Tribune)

"A warm and funny tribute to small-town America ...quirky Floridian dialogue comes thick and fast" (Eve magazine)

"[A] distinct blend of insight and humour" (Denver Post)

Book Description:

Like A Wonderful Life for our times - unashamedly emotional, full of warmth and quite literally out of this world...

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0345494881
• ISBN 13: 9780345494887
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384