The whole town's talking

a novel

402 pages

English language

Published June 24, 2016

ISBN:
978-1-4000-6595-0
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OCLC Number:
938383982

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4 stars (1 review)

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4 stars

"Elmwood Springs, Missouri, is a small town like any other, but something strange is happening out at the cemetery. “Still Meadows,” as it’s called, is anything but still."



I love Fannie Flagg's books.  You know what you are going to get with them.  They will be funny and heartfelt stories of small towns.

This is the story of the founding of Elmwood Springs, Missouri.  It is settled by Swedish farmers who decide that they need to carve out a town to support their farms.  The first white settler in the area was named Lordor Nordstrom.  Eventually the women of the surrounding farms decide that he needs a wife.  He advertises for a bride and finds a nice Swedish woman in Chicago.  Their romance is sweet and charming.

The town grows through the years and eventually the founding settlers begin to die.  This is where the story takes a turn.  In …

Subjects

  • Cemeteries
  • Future life
  • Fiction

Places

  • Missouri