This charming & heartwarming novel is the sequel to "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café". I was SO delighted to have the chance to visit my old friends again!
This book continues the story of Whistle Stop, focusing on the life of Bud Threadgoode, Jr. He reminisces about his childhood growing up with his mother, Ruth, revered by all, and his Aunt Idgie, wild and carefree, and their café in the middle of their small southern town by the railroad.
Bud shares the story of his life AFTER whistle stop, his marriage to Peggy, his beloved daughter, Ruthie, and successful career as a one armed veterinarian.
As an older gentleman, he decides he wants to visit Whistle stop one last time, and sneaks out of his assisted living apartment to travel back to his home. However, when he arrives, he discovers that his beloved town has mostly vanished, all that is left of his town is just a few buildings, covered in ivy, leaning, abandoned and falling into disrepair due to the decline of the railroad boom. Saddened, he realizes that his taxi has left and he is alone in the virtual ghost town and he walks away to find a phone, and ends up getting lost, and losing his artificial arm.
This adventure happily results in reuniting Bud with an old family friend of the Treadgoodes, Evelyn, once an overweight and depressed middle aged woman who is now extremely successful and very wealthy. Evelyn and Bud's daughter form a special bond around the wonder and mystic of Whistle Stop. Ruthie is at a turning point in her life and Evelyn looking for a new project come together and hatch a plan to give Bud the Whistle Stop homecoming that he had always hoped for.
Weaving together the stories of many of the characters from the first book, this novel is both warm and comforting, both friendly and funny. Like it's predecessor, it is an absolute gem! FIVE stars!
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