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Title	:	Standing in the Rainbow (Elmwood Springs #2)
Author	:	Fannie Flagg
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 560 pages
Published	:	August 3rd 2004 by Ballantine Books (first published 1998)
Categories	:	Fiction. Humor. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. American. Southern. Historical. Historical Fiction. Adult Fiction. Contemporary

Standing in the Rainbow (Elmwood Springs #2)

Fannie Flagg

Paperback | Pages: 560 pages

Rating: 4.04 | 15265 Users | 1069 Reviews

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Along with Neighbor Dorothy, the lady with the smile in her voice, whose daily radio broadcasts keep us delightfully informed on all the local news, we also meet Bobby, her ten-year-old son, destined to live a thousand lives, most of them in his imagination; Norma and Macky Warren and their ninety-eight-year-old Aunt Elner; the oddly sexy and charismatic Hamm Sparks and the two women who love him as differently as night and day. Then there is Tot Whooten; Beatrice Woods, the Little Blind Songbird; Cecil Figgs, the Funeral King; and the fabulous Minnie Oatman.

The time is 1946 until the present. The town is Elmwood Springs, Missouri, right in the middle of the country, in the midst of the mostly joyous transition from war to peace, aiming toward a dizzyingly bright future.

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ISBN:	0345452887 (ISBN13: 9780345452887)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Elmwood Springs #2
Setting:	Missouri(United States)
Literary Awards:	Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors (2003)

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I enjoyed the first part (1940s - 1950s) more than the later bits (1960s - 1980s). It had a very familiar, "home-y" feeling, and I think if my dad (born in 1942) had grown up in Missouri instead of northern Alberta, his childhood would have been very similar to this. There was also quite a bit about southern gospel singing groups, which my dad loves. Not my thing, but I have a feeling that if I heard these songs now (in small doses, mind), it would just make me nostalgic and put a smile on my

What a pleasant read! This is the perfect book if you're a "read before bed" kind of reader. The chapters are short and it's easy to read just a few, feel like you reached a stopping place and have a content night's sleep. This was recommended to me by a book club friend because I was sans book at the moment. I'm glad I read it.It follows the lives of several people in small town America (later in the book a character actually petitions the town board to change their slogan to "The Most Middle



I couldn't find the plot that was supposed to capture my interest. There were at least 10 main characters who all had stories going on. Sometimes those stories intermingled and sometimes they didn't. If someone asked me who the main character was, I wouldn't be able to say. There were big chunks devoted key people like Hamm and Betty Raye, Dorothy, Bobby and Norma, but there wasn't a single plot line that followed through the entire novel. It was really about the passage of time. The book walks

love Fannie Flagg. There are just no two ways about it. She could write her shopping list and I would read it. She writes about people I want to know and places I want to live. Her worlds are the way we want to the world to be, the world we think of when we think back nostalgically to the way it used to be.I read Standing in the Rainbow when it first came out and, of course, loved it. Then awhile back I was clicking through my libraries list of downloadable audio books and saw it listed and

Billed as a big slice of juicy American apple pie I was keen to take a bite. I was disappointed by the first quarter of the book as I thought it was trite but as the characters begin to develop I was increasingly drawn in. I pretty much read the second half of the story without putting it down and by the end was satiated, this was pie a la mode.

This book was wonderful and would have earned five stars except that at one point it stopped being so wonderful and slid to just good. Note to Self: If you ever manage to begin writing stories like you have threatened to do for years, never allow a somewhat minor character to take over the story and change its tone. Especially if said character is in politics and might remind your audience of too many things in real life that they are trying to escape from for a few hours.So like I said, this