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The time is 1946-2000. The Place is Elmwood Springs, Missouri. World War II has ended. Neighbour Dorothy broadcasts daily from her front room - to an audience across the state - the antics of her wayward son Bobby and adolescent Anna Lee. It''s hard to keep secrets in a community like theirs, but life isn''t perfect, and even Neighbour Dorothy has a tragedy as well hidden as it can be.

Into their midst comes the Oatman Family, white Southern Gospel singers who arrive for a pharmaceutical convention, and blow the place away. And then there''s Hamm Sparks, a super-salesman everyone likes and trusts; and Charlie Fowler, the poultry king who can see the future in a bucket-to-go; and a wealth of other unforgettable residents. Not to mention the brand new Three Little Pigs Cafeteria, with its pink neon pig casting a glow over the high street and pointing the way to the future...



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Flagg says as much about the human condition through observant comedy as others do through polemic * Scotland on Sunday *
Poignant and funny, this novel cuts to the heart of small-town America * Mail on Sunday *
Unarguably a wonderful story-teller * The Times *
[A] big, juicy middle-American apple pie of a book, sometimes tart but mostly sweet * Los Angeles Times *
Good news for fans of Fried Green Tomatoes... The action does not let up for a minute * New York Times Book Review *

Standing In The Rainbow

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    A Paperback by Fannie Flagg

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 7 March 2003
      ISBN-13 9780099448938
      978-0099448938
      ISBN-10 0099448939
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      Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The time is 1946-2000. The Place is Elmwood Springs, Missouri. World War II has ended. Neighbour Dorothy broadcasts daily from her front room - to an audience across the state - the antics of her wayward son Bobby and adolescent Anna Lee. It''s hard to keep secrets in a community like theirs, but life isn''t perfect, and even Neighbour Dorothy has a tragedy as well hidden as it can be.

      Into their midst comes the Oatman Family, white Southern Gospel singers who arrive for a pharmaceutical convention, and blow the place away. And then there''s Hamm Sparks, a super-salesman everyone likes and trusts; and Charlie Fowler, the poultry king who can see the future in a bucket-to-go; and a wealth of other unforgettable residents. Not to mention the brand new Three Little Pigs Cafeteria, with its pink neon pig casting a glow over the high street and pointing the way to the future...



      Trade Review
      Flagg says as much about the human condition through observant comedy as others do through polemic * Scotland on Sunday *
      Poignant and funny, this novel cuts to the heart of small-town America * Mail on Sunday *
      Unarguably a wonderful story-teller * The Times *
      [A] big, juicy middle-American apple pie of a book, sometimes tart but mostly sweet * Los Angeles Times *
      Good news for fans of Fried Green Tomatoes... The action does not let up for a minute * New York Times Book Review *

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