Finally got around to reading this book my mom gave me from her shelf at home! It took me awhile to get through and unclear if it was because I was so distracted this past month or the book itself, probably a mix of both. 

I only realized after finishing that this is the source material for the  Fried Green Tomatoes movie and am now curious to see that. The story might actually do better in that medium because sometimes in the book I was confused on who was who (my reading slowly didn’t help) so having the visual aids and watching in one sit down might be more cohesive. 

Overall the story was cute but it took me a minute to get into it and attached to the characters with it jumping all over the place. Also some of the writing felt very dated. One thing that did not though was the LGBT storyline, which was sweet. 

It’s got a little romance, a few little mysteries, and some touching mother figures. And I liked the short chapters and newspaper additions.