Can't Wait to Get to Heaven: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
by Fannie Flagg
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Author: Fannie FlaggEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-06-19
ISBN: 0345494881
Number of pages: 375
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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- ISBN13: 9780345494887
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of Can't Wait to Get to Heaven: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
Book Review: Unnecessary, disgusting violence and an insult to men
Summary: 1 Stars
I started listening to the audio version of this book and enjoyed it. Then I got to the end where the handyman attempts to rape a 12 year old Downs girl and the girl in turn murders him.
What on earth did this have to do with the story? Absolutely nothing as far as I can see!
As I thought about that section of the book I had an increasingly strong feeling that Ms. Flagg may have been using it as a personal indictment against men. I could be wrong, but to include such a vile section in what was a sweet story up to then is highly questionable.
Because I enjoyed this audio book when I started it and hadn't get gotten to the rape and murder part, I bought all of her books in either audio or print format. When I got to the violent section, I continued to listen to see if there was a justification for including it in the book. There wasn't. I packed all of her books up and returned them to the store.
We have enough problems right now. We don't need more violence - especially the disgusting type Ms. Flagg portrays in this book. We also don't need thinly veiled attacks against men, portraying them as rapists of handicapped children.
Summary of Can't Wait to Get to Heaven: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
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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