Fried Green Tomatoes
at the Whistle Stop Cafe
This is a web companion to the book, providing cultural, socio-economic and historical background. Each web page covers such topics as The Great Depression, Hobos and Snake Handling (remember Smokey Lonesome?) and the KKK (remember Grady?). There is a page that talks about the movie, and even a page that offers some recipes on how to make these famous tomatoes yourself, right at home! The Idioms and Inference page is for ESL sudents who are reading this book. Here is a page by page list of idioms and inferences found in the book. And there is a Map page so you can see where the story took place. So, please take your time, make yourself comfortable, and submerge into the life and times of Idgie and Ruth, of Ninnie as a young woman: the 1930's.
This site is dedicated to the admirable English teachers at Zhong Zheng High School in Taipei, Taiwan. This site came into existence because of them and their tireless quest for knowledge and fun.
My heartfelt thanks and respect to each and every one of them! For a map showing where Taipei, Taiwan is, click here -- the bottom map will show you!
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Written by Fannie Flagg, published in 1987, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize,
this New York Times Bestseller was made into a blockbuster movie.
This is a story spanning 71 years, weaving together the lives of four remarkable women.
What is it about this story that is so touching, so powerful, so memorable?
Its veneer charms us into believing it is a simple story.
But, look closer and you see complex interweavings and sub-dramas that make it such a memorable story.
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