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Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! is the funny, serious, and compelling new novel by Fannie Flagg, author of the beloved Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (and prize-winning co-writer of the classic movie).

Once again, Flagg's humor and respect and affection for her characters shine forth. Many inhabit small-town or suburban America. But this time, her heroine is urban: a brainy, beautiful, and ambitious rising star of 1970s television. Dena Nordstrom, pride of the network, is a woman whose future is full of promise, her present rich with complications, and her past marked by mystery.

Fans of Fannie Flagg's Southern-fried yarns will enjoy her folksy reading of her third novel--the story of New York TV anchorwoman Dena Nordstrom, who must take her fast-paced life down a few notches, face her mysterious past, and shake hands with her small-town heritage in order to find happiness. Listening to Flagg's storytelling on this abridged rendition, one might as well be sitting across a kitchen table from her as she pours two cups of coffee and serves up slices of apple pie along with the latest neighborhood gossip. Flagg, author of the bestselling book Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, received a Grammy Award nomination for her narration on the audio version of that book. (Running time: five hours, four cassettes) --Kimberly Heinrichs

June 8 2010

The title is a book by Fannie Flagg, it's one of my mum's favourites, but I've never read it. I couldn't even say what it's about. But I like the title. :)

Went round my matey Jaimie's house today. It made me happy. She fell in her paddling pool and killed her phone. Apparently Samsung Toccos can't survive being submerged. It was hilarious.

Edit, May 1 2011: actually, it did survive. Once it dried off it was fine, and another friend of mine dropped hers in her toilet and it survived so they're tough little buggers.

So precious! My step son and his wife had their baby girl today...born at 11:15 AM

It's amazing how grandparents seem so young once you become one. ~Author Unknown

A house isn't a home until it's brimming with the warmth and sweetness of a baby's laughter. The beautiful "house" Baby Aspen has fashioned is filled with a cozy, 3-piece layette set that welcomes baby boy-laughter and all-to the best place he'll ever know. Features and facts: # Layette includes a long-sleeve, blue night gown, night cap and a pair of booties-all with white trim accented with tiny, black polka dots # Made of soft, machine-washable, 100% cotton # Charming, blue "house" gift box has a door with a "Welcome Home Baby!" sign hung on the window with a satin bow, a mailbox that says "Special Delivery," colorful flowers, grass and green shrubs, a bumblebee, two side windows-one with a flower-filled window box-and a black-and-white-striped roof with a round window on each end # Roof lifts off to reveal layette # Gift box measures 8 3/4" h x 3 3/4" w x 3 3/4" d # Size 0-6 months