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  • Welcome to the World, Baby Girl

  • A Novel
  • By: Fannie Flagg
  • Narrated by: Fannie Flagg
  • Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (481 ratings)

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Welcome to the World, Baby Girl

By: Fannie Flagg
Narrated by: Fannie Flagg
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Publisher's summary

Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! is the funny, serious, and compelling new novel by Fannie Flagg, author of the beloved Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (and prize-winning co-writer of the classic movie).

Once again, Flagg's humor and respect and affection for her characters shine forth. Many inhabit small-town or suburban America. But this time, her heroine is urban: a brainy, beautiful, and ambitious rising star of 1970s television. Dena Nordstrom, pride of the network, is a woman whose future is full of promise, her present rich with complications, and her past marked by mystery.

Among the colorful cast of characters are:

  • Sookie, of Selma, Alabama, Dena's exuberant college roommate, who is everything that Dena is not; she is thrilled by Dena's success and will do everything short of signing autographs for her; Sookie's a mom, a wife, and a Kappa forever
  • Dena's cousins, the Warrens, and her aunt Elner, of Elmwood Springs, Missouri, endearing, loyal, talkative, ditsy, and, in their way, wise
  • Neighbor Dorothy, whose spirit hovers over them all through the radio show that she broadcast from her home in the 1940s
  • Sidney Capello, pioneer of modern sleaze journalism and privateer of privacy, and Ira Wallace, his partner in tabloid television
  • Several doctors, all of them taken with - and almost taken in by - Dena

There are others, captivated by a woman who tries to go home again, not knowing where home or love lie.

©2004 Fannie Flagg (P)2004 Random House Audio
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I love Fannie Flagg an amazing author and reader.

Listening to Fannie Flagg read her own books is both delightful and inspirational. I can listen to them over and over.

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Enjoyable story, with a typical Fannie Flagg twist

Loved this story and really love that the author reads her own books! Like her other books, this one ends with a nice twist.

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<3

Love every one so far. Fanny always manages to find and hit my smile button ;)

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A place to call home

A voice given to a place I'd love to live. A family full of warmth

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Fannie Flagg Scores Weaves Her Story Magic Again

What did you love best about Welcome to the World, Baby Girl?

The story line. Fannie Flagg has a great why of weaving you through a story, and just when you think you know the story line it takes a sudden twist which grips you even further.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Norma - she was so pure and simple

Which scene was your favorite?

The sewer pipe and flood.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It made me reflect on my own life which had similar situations.

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Love Miss Fannies creativity

i can't get enough of her books. They are my uplifting go-to to, for a moment to relax and giggle as I listen.

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Fannie Flagg is the best

If you are having a bad day, listen to a Fannie Flagg story. They are wonderful.

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Solid Fannie Flagg Novel

I absolutely love Fannie Flagg and her pieces. miat of her stories are dlow starting and esoecially this one id say which is why i gave it 4 out of 5. however this is still a great story and has the comforting old world charm that runs in all of her books ❤

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Sweet story

If you need feel good story, about turning your life around, this is a good place to start.

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A Must Read !

I wish the story didn't have to end .
Love beginning the next one !

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