{"product_id":"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Among the colorful cast of characters are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e         \u003cbr\u003e Dena's cousins,  the Warrens, and her aunt Elner,  of Elmwood Springs, Missouri, endearing, loyal,   talkative, ditsy, and, in their way, wise\u003cbr\u003e         \u003cbr\u003e Neighbor Dorothy, whose spirit  hovers over them  all through the radio show that she broadcast  from her home in  the 1940s\u003cbr\u003e         \u003cbr\u003e Sidney Capello, pioneer of modern sleaze journalism and privateer  of privacy, and Ira Wallace,  his partner in tabloid television\u003cbr\u003e         \u003cbr\u003e Several  doctors, all of them taken with—and  almost taken in by-Dena\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There are others,  captivated by a woman who tries to go home again, not knowing where home or love  lie.","brand":"Fannie Flagg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46053171855572,"sku":"9780449005781","price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_a2a71e06-b2d2-4808-a5b4-c9f3cd449c0a.jpg?v=1738714880","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780449005781","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}