The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion - Hardcover

Flagg, Fannie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0701188936 ISBN 13: 9780701188931

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 2014

Synopsis

Poland, 1909

Stanislaw is determined to escape the Russians and follow his brother to America, a land where anything seems possible.

Wisconsin, 1941

With all the men off to war, Fritzi and her sisters must learn men’s work -- from fixing flats to driving the tow truck. They add their own touches, too: neat little caps, short skirts and roller skates, and the All-Girl Filling Station is born. Their peace doesn’t last long though: skilled women are needed to fly planes for the war effort.

Alabama, 2005

Mrs Sookie Earle has just married off the last of her daughters and is looking forward to putting her feet up. But then one day a package arrives. Its contents knock Sookie sideways, propelling her back to the 1940s, and four irrepressible sisters whose wartime adventures force them to reimagine who they are, and what they are capable of.

About this title

Review:

"Flagg is a writer of great warmth and wisdom... A richly imagined family saga" – (Kate Saunders, The Times)

“More heart than a shopful of Valentine cards and some absolutely wonderful characters... A warm, funny riff on family and identity" – (Wendy Holden, Daily Mail)

“Wonderfully entertaining” – (Sainsbury's Magazine)

“Good fun... Southern manners, indomitable broads, smelling salts and rip-roaring adventure” – (Optima Magazine)

Book Description:

The hilarious, feisty new novel from the internationally bestselling author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

About this edition

• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0701188936
• ISBN 13: 9780701188931
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368