01983cam a2200325 4500 446956189 TxAuBib 20201031120000.0 201007s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020002438 9780593133842 Hardcover $28.00 0593133846 Hardcover $28.00 TxAuBib Flagg, Fannie. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop. First edition. New York : Random House, 2020. 282 pages ; 25 cm. "Bud Threadgoode grew up in the bustling little railroad town of Whistle Stop, Alabama, with his mother Ruth, church going and proper, and the fun-loving hell-raiser, his Aunt Idgie. Together they ran the town's popular Whistle Stop Caf©♭, known far and wide for its famous 'Fried Green Tomatoes.' And as Bud often said of his childhood, 'How lucky can you get?' But sadly, the railroad yards began to shut down and the town became a ghost town, with nothing left but boarded-up buildings and memories of a happier time. Then one day, Bud decides to take one last trip, just to see where his beloved Whistle Stop used to be. In so doing, he discovers new surprises about Idgie's life and about other beloved Fried Green Tomatoes characters, and about the town itself. He also sets off a series of events, both touching and inspiring, which change his life and the lives of his daughter and others. Could these events all be just coincidences? Or something else? And can you go home again?"-- Provided by publisher. 20201031. Restaurants Fiction. Mothers and sons Fiction. Aunts Fiction. Homecoming Fiction. Retirees Fiction. Fathers and daughters Fiction. Small cities Fiction. City and town life Fiction. Alabama Fiction.