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418 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2016
It's around 1880 when a big, tall and blonde 28 year old Lordor Nordstrom arrives in southern Missouri and places his 1st advertisement in a Swedish-American newspaper for young farmers to join him in starting a new community, but it's his 2'nd ad as a 37 year old bachelor requesting a mail-order bride (with the assistance of the town's married ladies) that really grabbed my attention and drew me in with the priceless correspondence that ensued.
As the story evolves, generation by generation and decade by decade through 2020, the families grow and friendships develop in the town of Elmwood Springs giving us laughter and heartache all while history is being made and the Still Meadows Cemetery is being filled with its residents.
In THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING, (great title) Fannie Flagg uses her wonderful imagination to once again create entertaining characters and conversations that are heart-warming and heavenly making for an atmospheric fun-to-read novel.
(Thank you Random House Publishing Group and NetGalley for the ARC!)