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| | | YOUNG ADULT | Home » » Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) | | | | | | | Description: | | 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.
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Fannie Flagg | | Paperback:
| 512 pages | | Publisher:
| Ballantine Books | | Publication Date:
| February 27, 2001 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 044900578X | | Product Length:
| 8.34 inches | | Product Width:
| 5.58 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.12 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.92 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.0 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 221 reviews |
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 Shocking and depressing endingMay 22, 2010
I loved Standing in the Rainbow and Redbird Christmas. I really liked this novel at first-just 'visiting' the people in her town. But the revelation about the main character's past, near the book's end, included some rather graphic and gruesome descriptions that really ruined the book for me. I didn't see the need for such violence and felt the story would have been better served by leaving out certain details.
 Used Book PurchaseApr 22, 2010
The book was in excellent shape and arrived quickly. I'm very pleased with this purchase.
Fannie does it again!Feb 17, 2010
We loved all of Fannie's books. She has an uncanny ability to capture "life". Hope she keeps writing. Our favorite was "A Redbird Christmas".
A different kind of Fannie Flagg BookFeb 05, 2010
Welcome to the World Baby Girl is certainly a departure from other books that Flagg has written. For starters 90% of the book is set in the north (no, Missouri doesn't count as the south), and a large part of the book is set in New York City. As I settled into this book, at first I confess I wasn't happy about the setting. My favorite thing about Flagg is her depiction of the South, so while I was not exactly excited about the book, I had committed to reading all of Flagg's books, so here goes.
Honestly, I liked the book. While the setting did take some getting used to, I did enjoy the main character, Dena, who is a very sympathetic character. My heart broke for her, and the book ended exactly the way I wanted it to. The good thing about the book to me was, for the first time, I saw what kind of storyteller Fannie is, I wasn't distracted by the setting in this book, so I could just breathe in her mastery of writing fiction.
While I would reccomend this book to anyone, here are a few things I didn't care for:
1. It's to long, the book runs almost 500 pages, which isn't a big problem, but she could have told the same story for a 100 pages less.
2. While she certainly got to the heart of Dena(the main character), I would have really liked to know more about the rest of the characters, especially in Elmwood Springs(maybe she'll do that in other books).
3. Flagg could have devoted a whole book to the plight of Dena's mom, while I loved what was told about her, I was wishing I knew more.
Overall a great book, that stretched Flagg,
Welcome to the World Baby GirlJan 31, 2010
This book was a little different than the rest of Fannie Flagg books that I've read but still enjoyable. The book was delivered promptly and in very good condition.
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