num_pages: 283
description: The beloved author returns to the small town at the heart of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe with a heartwarming novel about secrets of youth rediscovered hometown memories and everyday magic. Bud Threadgoode grew up in the bustling little railroad town of Whistle Stop Alabama with his mother Ruth church-going and proper and his Aunt Idgie the fun-loving hell-raiser. Together they ran the town's popular Whistle Stop Cafe known far and wide for its friendly fun and famous Fried Green Tomatoes. And as Bud often said to his daughter Ruthie of his childhood How lucky can you get?But sadly as the railroad yards shut down and the town became a ghost town nothing was left but boarded-up buildings and memories of a happier time.Then one day Bud decides to take one last trip just to see where his beloved Whistle Stop used to be. In so doing he discovers new friends new surprises about Idgie's life and about Ninny Threadgoode Evelyn Couch other beloved Flagg characters and also about the town itself. He also sets off a series of events both touching and inspiring which change his life and the lives of his daughter and many others. Could these events all be just coincidences? Or something else? And can you go home again?
language: English
title: The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
publisher: Random House