Can't Wait To Get To Heaven

Ooh, I chuckled over this book. Smiled through its words. And felt deliciously happy reading it. A small slice of reading heaven is what Fannie Flagg's Can't Wait To Get To Heaven offers.

Those who have read Fannie Flagg's bestseller - Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - was an instant bestseller. I love the rich, warm, humor in Flagg's writings. It's such a rich tapestry of life - her books are peopled with ordinary characters, no extraordinary heroes or heroines for her.

Elner Shimfissle is as lovable a character as any I have come across. Curious at the world, charming with her neighbors, and kind as a Labrador to all. Of all people, she also seems just the right person to take a trip up to heaven, and have a tete tete with two "supreme beings," one a woman who makes her wonderful cakes, which she carries in her apron all the way back to earth!

In between, Flagg throws in thoughts about life, death, its meaning, and the world and the many problems we create so unfailingly in the lightest, most conversational tone you can find. I finished the book in 2 days, and that was an achievement, considering that most of the books I seem to pick up these days make me drag through the pages for weeks. I am not stopping with Flagg - my bookshelf will feature every one of her novels, if I can. They are not classics, but who cares? Book reading need not be all drama and seriousness. Fun...don't look further than Flagg.

Video: Trailer of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe