Cannot Wait to Get to Heaven - Fannie Flagg [119]
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
FANNIE FLAGG began writing and producing television specials at age nineteen and went on to distinguish herself as an actress and writer in television, films, and the theater. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (which was produced by Universal Pictures as Fried Green Tomatoes), Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!, Standing in the Rainbow, and A Redbird Christmas. Flagg’s script for Fried Green Tomatoes was nominated for an Academy Award and a Writers Guild of America Award, and won the highly regarded Scripters Award. Flagg lives in California and in Alabama.
ALSO BY FANNIE FLAGG
A Redbird Christmas
Standing in the Rainbow
Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
Fannie Flagg’s Original
Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
(originally published as Coming Attractions)
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2006 by Willina Lane Productions, Inc.
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Random House, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
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eISBN: 978-1-58836-619-1
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Elmwood Springs, Missouri, Monday, April 1
The Nervous Niece
The Eyewitness
Norma Hits the Road
Verbena Gets the News
To Believe or Not to Believe
The Newspaper Woman
Oh No, Not That Robe!
The Waiting Room
Yoo Hoo!
The Doctor’s Report
Bad News Travels Fast
Linda Gets the Call
Going Over to Elner’s
Irene Goodnight
The Elevator Ride
Verbena Wheeler Spreads the News
Making Arrangements with Neva
A Surprise
The Cause of Death
A Sad Business
Macky Goes to See Elner
Where She Had Gone
Verbena Tells Cathy
A Heavenly Walk
Calling Dena, Palo Alto, California
Meeting the Husband
Norma’s Lady Minister
Telling Lies
Chatting with Raymond
Mrs. Franks, an Old Friend
What a Surprise, Huh?
A Comforting Message
Eating Cake
Saying a Final Good-bye
Nurse Calls Ruby Back
A Happier Time
She Did What?
After the MRI
A Doctor’s Dilemma
The Quiz
Where’s Elner?
The Arrangements
A Disturbing Call
Oh Dear…
A New Kitty
Nurse Boots
Welcome Home
Another New Day
The Visitors
Still Confused
The Jerk
A Troubled Sleep
The Report
The Unexplained
The Recipe
Going Home
Luther Comes Home
The Nose Has It!
Ask Me No Questions
Beauty Shop
Thank - You from Cathy
Easter at Elner’s
Falling in Love Again
The Letter
A Surprise for Linda
Going on a Trip
Norma Puts Her Foot Down
Back in Kansas City
Norma Gives Up
The Sunset Club
Learning the Ropes
A Visitor for Elner
Going Professional
Tot Still Telling It Like It Is
A Very Nice Cat
Something’s Wrong
Getting Ready
A Final Good-bye
The Family Bible
What Had Happened
The Repercussions
Another Easter
Gone Native!
Epilogue
Recipes
About the Author
Also by Fannie Flagg
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