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Summary:

Back in Elmwood Springs, Missouri the experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ask the question "Why are we here"?
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, Elnerѫs nervous, high-strung niece Norma faints and winds up in bed with a cold rag on her head; Elnerѫs neighbor Verbena rushes immediately to the Bible; her truck driver friend, Luther Griggs, runs his eighteen-wheeler into a ditchئand the entire town is thrown for a loop and left wondering, أWhat is life all about, anyway?ؤ Except for Tot Whooten, who owns Totѫs 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. Canѫt Wait to Get to Heaven is proof once more that Fannie Flagg أwas put on this earth to writeؤ (Southern Living), spinning tales as sweet and refreshing as iced tea on a summer day, with a little extra kick thrown in.

Author/Creator:

Flagg, Fannie

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Can't wait to get to heaven: a novel [by Flagg, F.]

Subjects:

Humorous stories

Near-death experiences — Fiction

Older women — Fiction

Near-death experiences

Older women

Genres:

Fiction

General Notes:

A gift from Resource Center Dallas.

Physical Description:

365 pages ; 25 cm

Call Numbers:

PS3556.L22 C36 2006

ISBNs:

9781400061266

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2006045801

OCLC Numbers:

69680148