Fannie Flagg
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| Original Title: | Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man |
| ISBN: | 0345485602 (ISBN13: 9780345485601) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Momma, Daddy, Daisy Fay, Mrs Dot, Jimmy Snow |
| Setting: | Florida(United States) |
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In Fannie Flagg’s high-spirited first novel, we meet Daisy Fay Harper in the spring of 1952, where she’s “not doing much except sitting around waiting for the sixth grade.” When she leaves Shell Beach, Mississippi, in September 1959, she is packed up and ready for the Miss America Pageant, vowing “I won’t come back until I’m somebody.” But in our hearts she already is.Sassy and irreverent from the get-go, Daisy Fay takes us on a rollicking journey through her formative years on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. There, at The End of the Road of the South, the family malt shop freezer holds unspeakable things, society maven Mrs. Dot hosts Junior Debutante meetings and shares inspired thoughts for the week (such as “sincerity is as valuable as radium”), and Daisy Fay’s Daddy hatches a quick-cash scheme that involves resurrecting his daughter from the dead in a carefully orchestrated miracle. Along the way, Daisy Fay does a lot of growing up, emerging as one of the most hilarious, appealing, and prized characters in modern fiction.
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| Title | : | Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man |
| Author | : | Fannie Flagg |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | September 13th 2005 by Ballantine Books (first published 1981) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Humor. American. Southern. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit |
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Ratings: 3.95 From 13715 Users | 1033 ReviewsCriticize Out Of Books Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
Hilarious! Really, especially for those born in the 1940s, '50s, or 60's and also for those who know the southern US. This book is funny all the way through and one short chapter had me rolling. Deftly written from the perspective of an 11-year-old girl, who ages in the book 7 years, from 1952-1959. It's hard to write humor, folks, and this is splendid. The voice is perfect. The setting is mostly Mississippi. Characters are priceless. It was a joy to read and I hated that it ended. I've readHaaaaaated it! I don't understand the inspiration behind this book (or, shall I say, the lack thereof?) For starters, what would possess a person to write a book about "white trash" in the first place? Secondly, why do her critics call it "side-splittingly funny" and "sheer, unbeatable entertainment"? I didn't miss the attempted humor...I just found this book to be morally degrading and not all that funny. Some parts caused me to wonder why on earth someone would send this book to print and not
I have never read a book as brilliantly funny as Daisy Faye. Whenever someone I love needs some cheering up I buy them this book and can't wait for them to read it so I can laugh with them about it. Her disarming sixth grader stream of consciousness prose was so refreshingly different from anything I have ever read. I tried to read a few of her other books and unfortunately did not find them of the same caliber but she really hit the nail on the head with this one. Daisy Fay is irreverently,
You have to like the diary style of writing to be able to get into this book. I happened to enjoy this type of writing so this was an easy read for me.Ms. Flagg abandons her usual (mainly) time-periods (1930's-1940's) to write about the 1950's. There is no jumping time-periods like in her other books.This is only my second read since I never liked this book as well as her other's, but upon this reading, I found that I enjoyed and appreciated it a lot more.Many will not enjoy reading about the
A coming of age story as told by the main character Daisy Fay. Daisy Fay is a spunky, feisty and imaginitive 11 year old girl who is surrounded in life by a wide range of quirky characters. Some of the people in her life are helpful and caring, but some are poor role models who make for some difficult moments in her life. The story takes you through Daisy's life up until she is 18. Her observations on the people and events in her life are, at times, laugh out loud hilarious.This is the first
No. I hated the way this was written. I enjoy Flagg usually for what she does but this story was just a string of sentences thrown together. Try another first.PS. I just read where this is her first book... she gets better
The first part of this book seemed dull to me and i was on the brink of putting it aside but i said oh crap, i will finish it for the sake of fried green tomatoes ( a novel a loved so much ) ! The second part of the novel has some really funny scenes and little by little i started to like the book. The protagonist Daisy Fay is portrayed as a brave smart and witty little girl. She comes from a broken home her dad is alcoholic and her mom dies of cancer. But still she plucks up her courage and
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