Fannie Flagg books -the one you read when you feel that you are at your lowest point, when you feel that the world cannot get any worse, when you feel so over burdened that you are ready to go to pieces...if you can stop for a moment and pick up book, read anything written by Fannie Flagg and I PROMISE you that you will feel better...you will laugh and you will cry...you will do both at the same time...she is by far one of the best fiction/humor writers since Damon Runyon walked into Mindy's and...

Wow - what a story!

When I first began reading this book, I didn't think much of it. I kept wondering to myself: Where is this going? How is everything connected? I started to worry that maybe I was wasting my time, but then all the pieces started to fit together and I started to really enjoy reading it. There were many pieces of the puzzle that, at first, were so disjointed and didn't really go anywhere, but then they all came together and made a beautiful picture, which is what I look for in the end of a great st...

Sometimes I think I might be too generous with my fives. Found myself liking this better and better until I did not want it to end. She made me laugh and she made me cry.Again I have to say that the number of stars represent how much I enjoy a book and not what great literature I believe it to be.

For years my mother has been suggesting that I read Fannie Flagg's writing and I just never got around to it. Then one day I was watching some old episodes of "Match Game" on the Game Show Network and I realized there she was - Fannie Flagg herself. I remembered watching her on that show as a child in the 1970s but I never connected her with the renowned author of today. So this is when I decided to pick up the copy of "Welcome to the World, Baby Girl" that my mom had lent me several years ago.

This book really surprised me. It was a truly heartwarming and enjoyable story.

I have to say that I was a bit disappointed with this one. The whole mysetery of the book turned out to be shallow and really disturbed me. I would've been happier if Dena's mom was actually a Nazi. It would've made the book a lot more interesting to find out that she was actually a bad guy. Not just a black person. And not even- someone who once-upon-a-time had one black relative!! What is the big deal? Not enough to warrent all the running around and stuff that made Dena's childhood was so uph...

I didn't know that The Whole Town's Talking was part of this series or actually, sort of part of this series.I don't know if it is better to read "The Whole Town Is Talking" first or to read it at the end of the series -I had JUST re-re-read it so I don't know what to tell you...but when I finish the three books before "The Whole Town is Talking" I'll be sure to let you know!!!Oops -I actually forgot to really review THIS book...I will say that it was a little surprising since this book was a b...

Yuck. I hated everything about this book. I made the mistake of taking this as my only reading material on a 12 hour flight to Japan and regretted it! I should have known that Fannie Flagg's writing style would not jibe well with me. It contains characters that are unappealing and a predictable romantic element. Yawn. I've learned my lesson. No more Fannie Flagg! I'm marking this as "read" even though I couldn't force myself to finish it. I even skipped to the end because I was marginally curiou...

Another great book by Fannie Flagg. My dad actually suggested I read this since he had enjoyed it and one of the main characters is involved in the broadcasting industry...but really, that's only a small part of what it's all about! A good read for those who like fiction about small town America set earlier in the 20th century. If you enjoy this book, don't miss Fannie Flagg's Standing in the Rainbow, which is set in the same town and gives a lot of background on some of the characters.

I don't have much experience with Flagg, but I know she is a rather celebrated writer who captures Southern flavor with a charm that is most effective. I've read a short story or two and know her style to be quietly ironic and wonderfully colorful. In this full length work, however, I kept wishing she would keep her day job. The novel starts off promising - Flagg is in her element, piecing together a patchwork quilt of Southern personalities as inviting as the warmth they exude, painting detaile...

Fannie Flagg is the most shamelessly sentimental writer in America. She's also the most entertaining.You'd have to be a stone to read "Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!" without laughing and crying. The clichs in this novel are deep-fat fried: not particularly nutritious, but entirely delicious.Wandering back and forth through 40 years of history as though it were backyard gossip, Flagg tells the life story of Dena Nordstrom, America's most popular female newscaster.Though she tries hard to forge...

A nice little story about the life and troubles of Dena Nordstram, an up and coming TV interviewer. Flagg writes with a lot of wit and the crux of Dena's problems was completely unexpected by me. Very interesting. Recommended.

The novel tells a story of a high flying gorgeous tv interviewer, Dena Nordstrom, and how she struggles to leave behind her cancerous lifestyle/job- she loves it because its fast pace enables her not focus on her problems (mysterious mom disappearing, lack of family, inability of love, etc.) and to not form real attachments/ commitments/ relationships to people. Like Nick Carraway in the Great Gatsby, she's caught up in glitter of NY, rich, powerful men, but eventually finds her safe haven back

This is my first Fannie Flagg novel but won't be the last. Fascinating characters and small town charm.

I liked this much better than Fried Green Tomatoes.

I don't know if I have ever disliked a protagonist as much as I disliked Dena. But I am kind of your anti-careerism/workaholic person so I'm sure that was the reason. I found the big secret of Dena's past really anti-climactic. Maybe because I didn't grow up during that time period? Just really a dull book and not right for me.