—Rocky Mountain News
“Talk about a fun read.”
—Detroit Free Press
“In Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! … the message is small yet universaclass="underline" People are basically good, and life is pretty funny.”
—Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Mostly cheery, sometimes sobering, remarkably timely … satisfying. No doubt Neighbor Dorothy, an optimist if there ever was one, would be pleased to no end. We were.”
—The Orlando Sentinel
Fannie Flagg began writing and producing television specials at age nineteen and went on to distinguish herself as an actress and writer in television, films, and the theater. Her first novel, Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, was a New York Times bestseller, as was Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, which was produced by Universal Pictures as Fried Green Tomatoes. Ms. Flagg’s script was nominated for both and won the highly regarded Scripters Award. Her acclaimed novel, Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!, is also a New York Times bestseller.