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The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion (2013)

by Fannie Flagg(Favorite Author)

3.92 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1400065941 (ISBN13: 9781400065943)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Random House

review 1: This is a VERY FUN read, Not great literature but a wonderful story that's a quick read.Sarah Jane "Sookie" Poole discovers at the age of 59 that, instead of being descended from a grand old Southern family, she is an adopted Polish American whose family of origin ran an ALL-GIRL Filing Station in Wisconsin. The book moves back and forth between Sookie's journey of discovery and acceptance and the tale of her birth family, including its fascinating connection to women pilots who served during World War II. Plus, you will get to meet Sookie's adopted mother, a strong-willed, self-obsessed powerhouse who rules both Sookie and the town they both live in.Like all Fannie Flagg books, the writing is rich with Flagg's dry humor as she weaves together this totally believable story... more that vividly brings to life the lives of women pilots during the war and the shameful way this country pushed them far from the limelight when their work was finished.
review 2: Not my type of book - but read for book club. funny - and a bit educating on WASPs.Mrs. Sookie Poole of Point Clear, Alabama, has just married off the last of her daughters and is looking forward to relaxing and perhaps traveling with her husband, Earle. The only thing left to contend with is her mother, the formidable Lenore Simmons Krackenberry. Lenore may be a lot of fun for other people, but is, for the most part, an overbearing presence for her daughter. Then one day, quite by accident, Sookie discovers a secret about her mother's past that knocks her for a loop and suddenly calls into question everything she ever thought she knew about herself, her family, and her future. Sookie begins a search for answers that takes her to California, the Midwest, and back in time, to the 1940s, when an irrepressible woman named Fritzi takes on the job of running her family's filling station. Soon truck drivers are changing their routes to fill up at the All-Girl Filling Station. Then, Fritzi sees an opportunity for an even more groundbreaking adventure. As Sookie learns about the adventures of the girls at the All-Girl Filling Station, she finds herself with new inspiration for her own life. Fabulous, fun-filled, spanning decades and generations, and centered on a little-known aspect of America's twentieth-century story, The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion is another irresistible novel by the remarkable Fannie Flagg. less

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