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Can't Wait to Get to Heaven

A Novel

By Fannie Flagg

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| Hardcover | 9781400061266

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Combining southern warmth with unabashed emotion and side-splitting hilarity, Fannie Flagg takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here?

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Combining southern warmth with unabashed emotion and side-splitting hilarity, Fannie Flagg takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here?

Life is the strangest thing. One minute, Mrs. Elner Shimfissle is up in her tree, picking figs, and the next thing she knows, she is off on an adventure she never dreamed of, running into people she never in a million years expected to meet. Meanwhile, back home, Elner’s nervous, high-strung niece Norma faints and winds up in bed with a cold rag on her head; Elner’s neighbor Verbena rushes immediately to the Bible; her truck driver friend, Luther Griggs, runs his eighteen-wheeler into a ditch–and the entire town is thrown for a loop and left wondering, “What is life all about, anyway?” Except for Tot Whooten, who owns Tot’s Tell It Like It Is Beauty Shop. Her main concern is that the end of the world might come before she can collect her social security.

In this comedy-mystery, those near and dear to Elner discover something wonderful: Heaven is actually right here, right now, with people you love, neighbors you help, friendships you keep. Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven is proof once more that Fannie Flagg “was put on this earth to write” (Southern Living), spinning tales as sweet and refreshing as iced tea on a summer day, with a little extra kick thrown in.

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  • Down to earth with a bump

    Can't Wait to Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg Chatto & Windus £11.99, pp368 With a name like Fannie Flagg, you might have guessed this novelist has a distinctive writing style. This is love-it-or-hate-it stuff: the lilting drawl of small-town America. ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Bookreporter.com - CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN by Fannie Flagg

    What happens to you when you die? That's the big question Fannie Flagg tackles in her latest novel, and she uses the kind-hearted inhabitants of Elmwood Springs to address this debate. After 80-something Elner Shimfissle falls off her ladder, she's b ... (read full critics)

    bookreporter published on Wed, 1 Sep 2010

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  • Can't Wait to Get to Heaven

    Once again the author takes us back to Elmwood Springs, MO to tell a poignant story with a little magical realism and a whole lot of heart. Elner Shimfissle is a terrific character.

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  • Loved this book! Fanny Flagg is amazing at creating characters and stories you fall in love with. This book ran the gamut of emotions, from laughter to tears.

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 384 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 1400061261
  • ISBN-13: 9781400061266
  • Publisher: Random House
  • Pub date: Jul 04, 2006
  • Dimensions: 1548 mm x 1032 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD and Others
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