About the book: 2014 / If you bring this volume closer to your ear, you can probably hear someone’s laughter, crying, talking, the noise of a train , the rustling of leaves, the clanking of forks and spoons. Listen to the sounds breaking through the cover, and you will learn the story of one small American town, in which, like everywhere else in the world, love and pain, fears and hopes, friendship and hatred are intertwined. This story will be told with such sincerity that it will be remembered for many years, and Fannie Flagg's novel will become one of the most beloved books - as it became for so many around the world. Idgie has always been a tomboy with a keen sense of justice. This is how she remained when she grew up and, together with her beloved friend, opened the Polustanok cafe, where she welcomes everyone, poor and wealthy, black and white, cheerful and sad. The stories that happen to Idgie and her loved ones are sometimes painfully realistic, and sometimes they are completely incredible, but they always drag you in, making you feel as if all this is happening in real life. For Fannie Flagg's great novel is life itself..