![]() ![]() At 48, Evelyn Couch ""had gotten lost somewhere along the way."" By the time she had second thoughts about the Vietnam War, ""Jane Fonds had already moved on to her exercise class."" When she joined a consciousness-raising group, ""the woman suggested that next week they bring a mirror so they could all study their vaginas, and she never went back."" Overweight, menopausal and suicidal, Evelyn visits her mother-in-law at the Rose Terrace Nursing Home, and there encounters 86-year-old, purple-haired Cleo Threadgoode (coiffed by a midget because ""I love a midget""). ![]() Former Candid Camera writer Flagg (Coming Attractions, 1981) has written a hilarious, heartwarming novel about the practical uses of nostalgia and the healing power of community spirit. ![]()
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