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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

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by Fannie Flagg

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i started reading it, but didn't get into it. and it was about a lesbian couple. my question is, where did ruth and idgie get a child from? they weren't allowed to be gay parents back in that era right? and no one back then thought a lesbian couple was weird?
Paige
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I would like to know whether the movie is worth watching or if it's too different from the novel?
Melissa I saw the movie first and always thought it was excellent. However, I enjoyed the book so much I have read it at least twice now. They are different e…moreI saw the movie first and always thought it was excellent. However, I enjoyed the book so much I have read it at least twice now. They are different enough that both deserve repeat read/watches. Most of the time I think the books are better than the movies but this is really a toss up. I love them both. (less)
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Can i ask - maybe I'm just being blind, but are Idgie and Ruth actually gay? Couldn't they just be really loving best friends, Because Flagg never sexualises their relationship in that way ?!
Kairia
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Are Ninny and Idgie just one person?
Abby Rose Not unless Idgie married her own brother and changed her first name.
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hi there... anybody know wt that sentences in this poem means?Oh, where is my wandering boy tonight The boy of his mother's pride... Oh, he's counting the ties With a bed on his back Or else he's dinging a ride... Oh, where is my boy tonight? "he's counting the ties With a bed on his back Or else he's dinging a ride."
Den Childs Those "ties" he is counting will be railroad ties. What the English call "railway sleepers". Definitely riding the rails.
…moreThose "ties" he is counting will be railroad ties. What the English call "railway sleepers". Definitely riding the rails.
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