{"product_id":"welcome-to-the-world-baby-girl-9780449005781","title":"Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!","description":"\u003cb\u003eA funny, serious, and compelling novel by Fannie Flagg, author of the beloved \u003ci\u003eFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe \u003c\/i\u003e (and prize-winning co-writer of the classic movie).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[This] tale of tough, eccentric, endearing women who first endure and then prevail. . . . will make you laugh out loud--and shed a few tears. . . . \u003ci\u003eWelcome to the World, Baby Girl! \u003c\/i\u003eis another rattling success.\"--\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Among the colorful cast of characters are: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dena's cousins, the Warrens, and her aunt Elner, of Elmwood Springs, Missouri, endearing, loyal, talkative, ditsy, and, in their way, wise \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Neighbor Dorothy, whose spirit hovers over them all through the radio show that she broadcast from her home in the 1940s \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sidney Capello, pioneer of modern sleaze journalism and privateer of privacy, and Ira Wallace, his partner in tabloid television \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Several doctors, all of them taken with--and almost taken in by-Dena \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There are others, captivated by a woman who tries to go home again, not knowing where home or love lie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/27\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780449005781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.34h x 5.58w x 1.12d","brand":"Fannie Flagg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44608397017269,"sku":"9780449005781","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_588b641c-a679-40cd-8e77-86912a82d76d.jpg?v=1725374640","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/welcome-to-the-world-baby-girl-9780449005781","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}