num_pages: 403
description: As eighty-year old Mrs Cleo Threadgoode tells Evelyn couch about her life, she escapes the Rose Terrace Nursing home and returns in her mind to Whistle Stop, Alabama in the thirties where the Whistle Stop Cafe provides good barbecue, good coffee, love and even an occasional murder.
language: English
title: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
titlecomplete: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
characters: Idgie, Ruth, Evelyn Couch, Mrs. Ninny Threadgoode
genres: Fiction, Historical, Queer, LGBT, Humor, Classics, Chick Lit, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Southern
ratings_count: 300704
places: Birmingham, Alabama, Alabama, Whistle Stop, Alabama, Troutville, Alabama, Davenport, Iowa
series: Whistle Stop, AL
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Alabama Author Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage