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Standing in the Rainbow (Elmwood Springs #2)

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Good news! Fannie’s back in town--and the town is among the leading characters in her new novel.

Along with Neighbor Dorothy, the lady with the smile in her voice, whose daily radio broadcasts keep us delightfully informed on all the local news, we also meet Bobby, her ten-year-old son, destined to live a thousand lives, most of them in his imagination; Norma and Macky Warr...more

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Jan 16, 2009 Wendi rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

You know, sometimes I just need a book that is not going to scare me, get my hackles raised, or make me sad and depressed. This is the perfect book to cleanse the soul after reading some heavy books. I had been reading "The Alienist" and "Wicked", but I found myself feeling so heavy and sad. So I put the books down and went to find something light and airy.

I love this book. It's sweet. It's a throwback to times when neighbors actually knew each other and liked each other. It's a feel good book...more

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Oct 26, 2012 Alessia rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ecco, è successo di nuovo. Ma porca miseria Fannie, possibile che io non riesca mai, dico MAI, ad uscire incolume dalla lettura di uno dei tuoi romanzi? Anche questa volta, proprio quando ero ormai convinta di averti presa in castagna (causa parte centrale del libro non esattamente frizzantissima), sicura del fatto mio e assolutamente persuasa di arrivare a pagina 371 con gli occhi perfettamente e miracolosamente asciutti, SBADABAM! Sul filo del fuorigioco mi tiri un tremendo calcio piazzato dir...more

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Aug 08, 2011 John Mcconahey added it · review of another edition

If you’re a middle-of-the-last-century person like me, this fine account of a mid-American town will give the reader a snapshot of a populace with values far different from those displayed today.

The glue for this multi-directional tale is the Smith family. “Doc” is the pharmacist in the small Missouri town of Elmwood Springs. He’s married to Dorothy, host of a folksy daily radio program sponsored by the Golden Flake Flour Company and broadcast from the living room of their home. The Smith childr...more

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Aug 05, 2011 Msgrv Csicablenet added it · review of another edition

This book was really like going home, alll these characters remind me of someone in the past or present it was like taking a walk through time.

Many times I found myself LOL it was so funny. I like all of the books of Fanni Flagg for different reason, I loved reading about the Mystic Order of the Royal Polka Dot Secret Society witht he club motto "To Toot Your Own Horn is Unattractive" A Redbird Christmas

That was then now if we do not toot our own horn in the work field who will?

Life has many ch...more

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Feb 24, 2012 Rachel Whitley rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: southern, chick-lit, women, 5-stars, big-books

Fannie Flagg is a master when it comes to the creation of small-town slice-of-life stories. And this one is a gem, as she takes us on a trip through middle America in the last half of the twentieth century. Elmwood Missouri is a town where everyone knows everyone else, rootbeer floats are made by hand, and the highlight of everyone's day is the "Neighbor Dorothy" radio show where a local homemaker dispenses town news, recipes, and a hearty helping of feel-good. Along with Dorothy's family, Elmwo...more

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Dec 23, 2010 Rachel Crooks rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I felt such a sense of nostalgia when I read this book, for a place and time I never experienced. It's the same feeling I get when I watch A Christmas Story or It's a Wonderful Life.
When you're little and you get sick, you always know there's a place for you on Mom's lap - there is a comfort in knowing that you will be taken care of.
I never experienced the 40s and 50s, but I sense from that time that the same secure feeling existed - a confidence in the greatness of America, and its ability t...more I felt such a sense of nostalgia when I read this book, for a place and time I never experienced. It's the same feeling I get when I watch A Christmas Story or It's a Wonderful Life.
When you're little and you get sick, you always know there's a place for you on Mom's lap - there is a comfort in knowing that you will be taken care of.
I never experienced the 40s and 50s, but I sense from that time that the same secure feeling existed - a confidence in the greatness of America, and its ability to survive and thrive because of its wholesome values.
Growing up in the 80s and 90s,I was educated from a sense of disillusionment about this earlier time and about that mentality. Now, we tend to villainize the ignorance and the arrogance of the upper white middle class, that innate sense of American superiority, because of the gaping hypocrisies and all that it left neglected. We note, for instance, that America had internment camps at the same time that we were taking Germany to task about concentration camps.
This pursuit of debunking the popular myth of the wholesome, pure quality of the 40s and 50s isn't without foundation. But I found myself on board with Fannie Flagg's message - there was something special about the 40s and 50s, and the attitude of believing good things of America; there was something good about that time that we discarded somewhere.
Today's generation has followed the Cold War, Vietnam protests, the Monica Lewinsky scandal... and I think the sense of skepticism that has caused us to take the 40s and 50s to task is the same attitude that shapes the way we look at our country now, and at the government. Without hope. Without faith.
The 40s and 50s may have done a lot of things wrong, but I can't stop myself from being nostalgic - just for the hope. This was the time that engendered so many of the hallmarks of American tradition - baseball, apple pie, small town life, white Christmases. I am glad that Flagg wrote about some of these things. (less)

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Dec 17, 2010 Bonnie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I love Fannie Flagg, that said, the first half of this book is fun and you can read a couple pages a day and chuckle and enjoy but it's easy to put down to read something else more pressing. WELL, after getting about 60% through it (reading on my kindle) it finally grabbed me with a very interesting story line. Not that the first half wasn't interesting it was but it gets even better as it goes along.
Kudos to Fannie Flagg. I liked Can't Wait to get to Heaven even more because I love Aunt Elner...more

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Apr 18, 2010 Margaret rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Standing in the Rainbow is about several characters and their life experiences from the 1940’s to the 1990’s. Some of the characters in the book are very silly and downright odd. It is interesting to see the world change throughout this book and see people grow up and experience life. Although, it was entertaining to read, it seemed to lack a strong plot and I had a hard time keeping interest in it. It was more about how America has changed through out time and how we as people change.

The two th...more

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Mar 03, 2010 Mimi rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Well, here we are again in Elmwood Springs, Missouri ... the same place that welcomed Dena Nordstrom back with open arms in "Welcome to the World, Baby Girl" (another spectacular book!) ... but this time, as six decades are spanned, we learn about the lives of those who made up "the most middle town in America" (p. 446).

The Neighbor Dorothy Show on WDOT is used as a storytelling device - her broadcasts and family life being the focal point from which all other story lines emanate. We trace the l...more Well, here we are again in Elmwood Springs, Missouri ... the same place that welcomed Dena Nordstrom back with open arms in "Welcome to the World, Baby Girl" (another spectacular book!) ... but this time, as six decades are spanned, we learn about the lives of those who made up "the most middle town in America" (p. 446).

The Neighbor Dorothy Show on WDOT is used as a storytelling device - her broadcasts and family life being the focal point from which all other story lines emanate. We trace the lives of her husband (Doc Smith, the pharmacist) and children (Bobby & Anna Lee) as well as all those who come in contact with them (Norma & Macky Warren, Beatrice the "little blind songbird", Jimmy, Betty Raye Oatman and the whole gospel-singing Oatman Clan, Hamm Sparks ...and of course, "Poor Tot" Whooten, etc.). It is the story of small town America with charmingly real and in some cases, quirky, characters who would happily welcome you for dinner.

In her own way, even Neighbor Dorothy recommended this intoxicating tale when she said:

"...I only like to recommend books that are happy and cheerful...I know there are sad things out in the world...but I just don't like to dwell on them. I guess I'm just like one of those ostriches; I just stick my head in the sand. I don't want to face the facts. All the scientists are determined to tell us what the moon is made of and what the stars are...and why there are rainbows...but I just don't want to know. When I wish on a star, I don't need to know what it's made out of - let the men figure it out - as for me, if a thing is beautiful, what does it matter why. I never get tired of looking at the moon. One night is small and round as a shiny, ice-cold, white marble and the next it's a big soft yellow moon. How can we get bored when nature gives us so many wonders to look at." (p.305)

...And Fannie Flagg seemed to follow this advice when she wrote "Standing in the Rainbow". Sure, there were some sad and poignant parts ...but that was just part of the town's life. Like Neighbor Dorothy, though, the author didn't dwell on the sadness for too long and even as the world changed, Fannie Flagg's story is infused with optimism and hope! ...And with the state of the world what it is today, this is a wonderful story to read if you need that regained sense of optimism!

...Oh, and if my opinion matters here, I have a great idea for Fannie Flagg's next novel. Wouldn't it be interesting to read a story about little Apple, Norma and Macky's granddaughter, who Linda adopted from China. I would love to find out about her future ...and even her past! If anyone can do it, it's Fannie Flagg! (less)

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Aug 24, 2009 Nancy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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This was my first Fannie Flagg. I felt a little overwhelmed by the first 100 pages or so. I don't really know why or how to explain it, but it felt like the prose was coming at me out of a fire hose in the beginning. Maybe it was that Flagg was trying to immerse us quickly into a town and a lot of characters and I felt like my head was being truly immersed and I was gasping for breath now and then. Whatever, it did finally settle down - or I simply got used to it. I found it curious that the lit...more

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Jul 23, 2012 L8blmr rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I've had this book in my TBR stack for ages; my mother read it, loved it, and gave it to me to read. I'm not sure why I put it off for so long, but I'm glad I finally got to it.

This is the story of a small town in Missouri but its citizens and the town itself could be right out of my own childhood in rural Georgia. Though it predates me a bit, beginning in 1946, the tale weaves through the decades and calls to mind certain people and experiences in my own past, particularly the character of Neig...more

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Apr 25, 2012 Sylvia rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The story begins in 1945. The war is over, the American economy is booming, and there is no better place in the world than Elmwood Springs, Missouri. At least that's what Bobby Smith thinks. He is the 10-year-old son of Neighbor Dorothy, the host of the daily radio show, and he's got the world wrapped around his little finger. It's through Bobby's eyes that we first enjoy the simplicity of these lives and times; the characters are realistic, not melodramatic or cliched, eliciting a beautiful mix...more

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Nov 04, 2012 Alice rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book should have been different. It starts out being about Neighbor Dorothy's family and the town they live in, Elwood Springs, Missouri.. The first character you get to know is her young son Bobby and you get the feeling that you are going to get to see his life unfold. You do up to a point. In the meantime, we are introduced to all kinds of people from the town or passing through to do Neighbor Dorothy's radio program. I enjoyed getting to know the various people, and the story felt cente...more

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Apr 18, 2012 Anastasia rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporanei, usa, biblioteca-civica

Mi sembra di essere appena reduce da una partitona di Sims.

Una cittadina spersa nel nulla, tante casette e quindi tante famiglie, e ancora madri, padri, figli e figlie e zie. E in men che non si dica i figli crescono e così anche le loro ambizioni lavorative, e non fai in tempo a girarti che si sposano, figliano a loro volta, e due, tre, anche quattro volte, alcuni di loro lavorano ed ecco che la loro posizione cresce di prestigio, e ormai pure i figli dei figli dei figli si lanciano nel mondo e...more Mi sembra di essere appena reduce da una partitona di Sims.

Una cittadina spersa nel nulla, tante casette e quindi tante famiglie, e ancora madri, padri, figli e figlie e zie. E in men che non si dica i figli crescono e così anche le loro ambizioni lavorative, e non fai in tempo a girarti che si sposano, figliano a loro volta, e due, tre, anche quattro volte, alcuni di loro lavorano ed ecco che la loro posizione cresce di prestigio, e ormai pure i figli dei figli dei figli si lanciano nel mondo e..basta. Non ho avuto l'occasione di vedere la quarta generazione, ma credo che sia sufficiente.

Sembra essere un pandemonio, ma alla fine non si rischia di perdere il filo ed è pure coinvolgente. Una sorta di Pomodori verdi fritti al caffè di Whistle Stop 2 - La vendetta.
La struttura è identica, la nostra Patricia Lean - in arte Fannie Flagg - non ha fatto altro che cambiare il nome del suo setting, cambiare i personaggi e ripartire a giocare a mo' di Sims.
Come se tu giocassi alla casa con le bambole, e il giorno dopo giustamente si cambiano un po' le dinamiche, altrimenti sai che palle.
Mi sono chiesta anche se la Flagg producesse opere in seriale o a stampo, però a giudicare dalle trame degli altri libri ogni tanto capita qualche cosa di differente, quindi mi astengo dal sentenziare su ciò che non so.
Sta di fatto che a me questo In piedi sull'Arcobaleno è sembrato il fratello minore di Pomodori verdi fritti al caffé di Whistle Stop. E ho come l'impressione che esista un terzo gemello: Hamburger e miracoli sulle rive di Shell Beach.

E penso che lo leggerò, perché si da il caso che non m'importi più di tanto se Fannie Flagg ha questa tendenza a ripetersi, e fra l'altro a indurmi ad abbuffarmi con i suoi titoli (oltre ai due sopra, Pane cose e cappuccino dal fornaio di Elmwood Springs e Torta al caramello in Paradiso, .. mi sta venendo fame orc..). Io penso che la bella signora di cui parlo da un po' di tempo sia come la tisana, la torta al cioccolato nelle pause dallo studio, il gelatino dopo cena, il cerotto da pronto soccorso, quella puntatina alla tv che ti fa dimenticare dei tuoi problemi, anche solo per venti o quaranta minuti. Fannie Flagg fa bene alla gente, è la cura letteraria per qualsiasi malumore. Penso che sia addirittura impossibile rimanere con il musone dopo una full immersion in una delle sue storie. Si potrebbe dire allora, unendo la serialità e il buonumore, che..Fannie è la Fabbrica del Sorriso. Deve essere così, cavolo.
Nei due libri che ho letto l'ho sempre trovata leggera, divertente, piena di un'ironia materna verso i propri personaggi, appassionata e soprattutto incredibilmente contenta di essere in vita. C'è questa sorta di filosofia aleggiante fra le sue pagine per cui la vita è semplice e incredibile e sprizzante e meravigliosa.
Evviva.

Non penso che sia propriamente un mito letterario vivente, però nella sua pura letteratura d'intrattenimento funziona senza nessun inceppo, con tanto di effetto coriandoli e musica carnevalesca.
I personaggi non sono propriamente prismatici, si muovono nello scenario con quei due o tre tratti che la Flagg ha cucito loro addosso, a volte ho avuto l'impressione che mancasse una vera e propria maturazione in alcuni di loro. Mi sembra un po' il caso di Bobby, che o è un eterno bambinone o davvero non c'è stato un trattamento propriamente perfetto della sua crescita. Anna Lee che a diciotto anni pensa ancora come una teenager tredicenne, se tutto va bene? O ci ho visto male, dato che provengo da un universo completamente differente da quello della cara Anna Lee, oppure ci ho visto bene.
Sì, dipinge i suoi personaggi con lo stesso trattamento semplice - o semplicistico, in questo caso - e allegro con cui tratta la vita, però è Fannie Flagg, e Fannie Flagg è stata capace di farmi venire il desiderio di andare avanti con la storia anche subito dopo aver chiuso il libro a tarda notte. (less)

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Oct 07, 2009 Julia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was a really fun read that my Mom suggested. Fannie Flagg is also the author of Fried Green Tomatoes which I loved.

This book is a generational story that starts out with one family as the focus then branches out to all of their friends and neighbors and follows them over the decades, from the 40's to the 90's. I have to admit that I like the first half of the book a lot more than the second half though. Probably because the 40's and 50's seem a little more upbeat in writing. As soon as the...more

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Mar 03, 2011 Alice rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I loved this book. It covered the time span between the mid 1940's to the 1990's and was set in the a small Midwest town called Elmwood Springs, Missouri. The storyline centers around the Smith family: Doc Smith who runs a pharmacy, his daughter--Anna Lee, Bobby--his younger son and his indomitable wife--Dorothy who broadcasts "Good Neighbor, Dorothy" over the radio station from her own living room. Much of her broadcasts are delightfully chronicled in the book as she reads charming letters that...more

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May 14, 2013 Blaine DeSantis rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Gave this title a 4.5 rating. Just a wonderful book. Had this on my book shelf for over 10 years, and it just kept calling me. I guess I was the right age to read this book by Fannie Flagg. Had never read any of her work previously, although I enjoyed the movie version of Fried Green Tomatoes.

Delightful and quirky characters, who lived a real life back in time period of the 40's thru 60's. Lost a few points because the author got lost into the non-Elmwood Springs story of Hamm Sparks. It was in...more

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Oct 07, 2012 Linda rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Great! I've not read many of her books; but of the ones I have, I think this is the best one. The characters really stood out; with the Neighbor Dorothy (radio) show rounding out the story every couple of chapters, it seems like one could just step into the story, themselves, and be part of it; you really get to know each person as if they were real. And, who knows, maybe they are! Somewhere out there. The saga "covers" the 1940's through the 1990's, touching on the major milestones of each deca...more

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Jan 19, 2012 Laurie rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I absolutely love Fannie Flagg's novels. They are laugh-out-loud funny, and somehow comforting too, possibly because her characters remind me of the small-town relatives I knew as a child. Flagg evokes that sense of place, too, and almost a kind of innocence that used to be part of life in a small town (and perhaps still is). To be honest, I would like to live in one of her books, in that little burg where things move at an unhurried pace and the people are down-to-earth, simple, hard-working, j...more

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Jan 23, 2012 Brandy rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I absolutely loved this book and have declared it as one of my favorites. I did listen to this book on CD and believe the wonderful narrator helped bring the story alive but the story itself is heartwarming and true to the test of time. The book is basically about a small town in Missouri and the different people who live there. The books starts when mostly everyone is in childhood or young adulthood and takes the reader through the years along with the characters. Some amazing things can happen...more

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Jul 20, 2011 Ruth rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone who enjoys people

Recommended to Ruth by: Book Club Assignment

A book like Standing under the Rainbow is like a visit going home. You find yourself in another place and another time with all the nostalgia, joys, home-town experiences that make for a life satisfying and very human. I loved Dorothy with her daily radio talk show showing so much love for those around her and for proving that small kindnesses make a difference. The characters in the story are beautifully drawn out, even to the little Cocker Spaniel, Princess Mary Margaret. The Oatman Gospel Cho...more

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Aug 01, 2012 Elizabeth rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: american, drama, setting-1920s, setting-1930s, setting-1940s, setting-1950s, setting-1960s, setting-1970s, setting-1980s, sexism, racism, alcoholism, adultery, history, politics, class

This is what they'd call a homespun yarn. Following this yarn was like being led through a very long, very pointless labyrinth. And not an interesting labyrinth, but a plain beige labyrinth in which you go snow blind from the featurelessness of it all. And in the monotony of the labyrinth, somewhere, the hair prickling up your neck, you realise with mounting dread, there are REPUBLICANS!

The whole book is the most chronic piece of self-idyll-mythologising bullshit you ever read. The twee white br...more This is what they'd call a homespun yarn. Following this yarn was like being led through a very long, very pointless labyrinth. And not an interesting labyrinth, but a plain beige labyrinth in which you go snow blind from the featurelessness of it all. And in the monotony of the labyrinth, somewhere, the hair prickling up your neck, you realise with mounting dread, there are REPUBLICANS!

The whole book is the most chronic piece of self-idyll-mythologising bullshit you ever read. The twee white bread American small town it claims to depict is about as real as the Disney It's A Small World After All ride. Jesus, it makes me long for the gritty cynicism of The Waltons.

And you do wanna go, "Where are all the Blacks? Where are all the Jews? While you're out here mythologising a bygone time that bears fuck-all resemblance to the world at large." Seriously, there a billion boring-ass characters we are introduced to and given their life-story in achingly minute detail. Not one black person. In fact the only black person even mentioned is Huey P. Newton of the Black Panther Party who is classed outright as a "traitor". This is a book which encompasses from the 1940s up to the 1980s. Black people make up 10% of the state's population. One guy. He's a traitor. That's all it has to say.

It's basically a genre of Aryan twee. Propaganda doesn't even begin to cover it. The sympathetic, homespun, charming, down-to-earth, tell-it-like-it-is character who goes into politics suggests during the 60s that they ought to nuke the gooks. This reasonable suggestion is met with downright rudeness by peace protestors who have the gall, get this, to ACTUALLY PROTEST one of his speeches. The rudeness of shouting over a man who's speaking is cast as a grave sin against the reasonable message he's trying to convey, namely the atomic incineration of men, women and children whom the government has chosen to dislike.

Honestly, I would rather take an ice cream scoop to my own brain than read one more word of this book. Shoot yourself if you ever feel tempted.(less)

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Mar 19, 2012 Janel rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

A heartfelt, folksy, Americana tale of epic proportions! Spanning from the mid 1940's to the late 1990's I felt like I lived a lifetime with the quirky residents of Elmwood Springs Missouri. It was sweet, filled with wisdom and humor and some melancholy here and there. It was divided into short, titled little chapters which made the 500 pages of this book manageable. It wasn't a fast paced, hard to put down type a book, but more of gentle, quirky book with a lot of heart and lovable characters....more

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Feb 23, 2010 Carrie rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This book starts in 1946 in Elmwood Springs, Missouri. Neighbor Dorothy has a live radio show out of her living room. Fannie describes all the characters in town and tells bits and pieces of their lives throughout a fifty year period. I know that some of the characters cross over to at least one of her other books. I was quite frustrated with the first half of the book. There just didn’t seem to be a story that ran together. Then she spends about 10 chapters on one couple, leaving you the feelin...more

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Jun 03, 2012 Kelsey Dean rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I liked this one, though not as much as Fried Green Tomatoes or Welcome to the World, Baby Girl. This was more nostalgic, which made it more sad in some ways to me. I grew up in the 90s, so it was sad to me to see that era through the eyes of older people who were disappointed with the people and way of life at that time. And I really did not like the way that Hamm's pursuit of Betty Raye was portrayed simply and sweetly as a whirlwind romance--he bullied and pestered her until she magically fe...more

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Aug 04, 2011 Emily rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Emily by: Julie-Rochester book club

What a pleasant read! This is the perfect book if you're a "read before bed" kind of reader. The chapters are short and it's easy to read just a few, feel like you reached a stopping place and have a content night's sleep. This was recommended to me by a book club friend because I was sans book at the moment. I'm glad I read it.
It follows the lives of several people in small town America (later in the book a character actually petitions the town board to change their slogan to "The Most Middle T...more

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Nov 19, 2010 Carolyn rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Light, funny, colloquial, surprising, and overall better than I expected. I tend to dismiss Flagg as nostalgic and targeted to seniors - a bit like Jan Karon. But this book surprised me - perhaps because I needed a pleasant read, perhaps because Noah loved listening to it. We listened to the audio in the car, and Flagg is an excellent reader. I'm pretty sure Noah liked it mostly because her voice sounds like a fun-loving grandmother. I liked that the story took twists and turns I didn't expect....more

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Jul 22, 2008 Kelly rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It is nice to imagine a town such as the one depicted in this book. This is a fun positive read where you meet an interesting collection of characters and see them develop over the years.

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Aug 24, 2012 Laura Rodd rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This was a wonderful read. It really brings home the idea that good, decent, "ordinary" people leave lasting positive marks on others they touch, friends/family members/ strangers alike.
We see the innocence and fears of youth, the challenges of early adulthood, the struggles of middle age parenting as mothers and fathers have to learn to hold their tongues as their mature children make questionable life choices, the joys of growing old in a community that is familiar and loving.
I loved this book...more

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Jan 22, 2012 Shannon Lewis rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read the book Can't wait to get to Heaven and loved it so much that I could not wait to read another book by Fannie Flagg. I got Standing in the Rainbow and was suprised and happy that the same characters were in Standing in the Rainbow as in Can't wait to get to Heaven. I liked this book because I wanted to find out more about the characters that were in Can't wait to get to Heaven, but if I had read this book first before reading Can't wait to get to Heaven, I don't know how well I would hav...more

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Fannie Flagg began writing and producing television specials at age nineteen and went on to distinguish herself as an actress and writer in television, films, and the theater.
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Standing in the Rainbow (Elmwood Springs #2)

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