A review by nursenell
The Whole Town's Talking by Fannie Flagg

5.0

Fannie Flagg never disappoints. I loved this book, it is reminiscent of Thornton Wilders' Our Town. Lordor Nelson and his Swedish mail order bride Katrina develop a community in Missouri. The book follows Lordor and Katrina's family and neighbors through several generations, weaving in stories from the cemetery they also built. The living return to visit their deceased family members at the cemetery, and, unknown to the living, the dead discuss the living visitors. Fannie has such good insights into the human condition. The ending was different, wasn't expecting it.