“A hilarious, endearing novel.”—Los Angeles TimesIn Fannie Flagg’s high-spirited first novel, we meet Daisy Fay Harper in the spring of 1952, where she’s “not doing much except sitting around waiting for the sixth grade.” When she leaves Shell Beach, Mississippi, in September 1959, she is packed up and ready for the Miss America Pageant, vowing “I won’t come back until I’m somebody.” But in … I’m somebody.” But in our hearts she already is.
Sassy and irreverent from the get-go, Daisy Fay takes us on a rollicking journey through her formative years on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. There, at The End of the Road of the South, the family malt shop freezer holds unspeakable things, society maven Mrs. Dot hosts Junior Debutante meetings and shares inspired thoughts for the week (such as “sincerity is as valuable as radium”), and Daisy Fay’s Daddy hatches a quick-cash scheme that involves resurrecting his daughter from the dead in a carefully orchestrated miracle. Along the way, Daisy Fay does a lot of growing up, emerging as one of the most hilarious, appealing, and prized characters in modern fiction.
Praise for Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man
“Sheer unbeatable entertainment.”—Cosmopolitan
“Unforgettable and irresistible.”—Chattanooga Free Press
“Side-splittingly funny.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer
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If you like a laugh at least every paragraph. This book is for you While some of the setting may be a realistic description of the geographic south, from a visual perspective, the prime focus is poking fun at the times and trends from a very independent, but not book wise young girl. An independent personality who thumbs her nose at hoity toity …
Fannie Flagg has created a memorable visit to the world of Daisy Fae, an unlikely heroine. Daisy is a wonderful character who is unfazed by the vagaries of life. In spite of coming from a poor family, with a crack-pot father, and his questionable friends, Daisy manages to make lemonade from an abundance of lemons.
Worth the read!
Hilarious story of life among the white trash of the deep south in the 1950’s as seen through the eyes of an 11 year old (although she takes us up through her adolescence). Fanny Flagg can certainly create memorable characters, and this book is full of them. Daisy has a penchant for picking up odd ball friends, disregarding tradition, taking …
Fannie Flagg never disappoints.
I am a huge fan of Fanny Flagg. Her books bring back a time and a place that brings back great memories and characters that make me smile.
Love all of her books
I read this because I loved Fried Green Tomatoes. I’ll read anything by Fannie Flag.
Exactly what you’d expect from Fannie Flagg! Very funny with a very interesting plot!
Who doesn’t love her quirky characters?
I love everything Fannie writes!
I love Fannie coach’s writing.
Loved it
I have read and loved everyone of her books until this one. I was disappointed in everything about this book. Was not at all like her writing in the past.
What great characters!!
Written from the perspective of a Mississippi girl from age 11 to 19 during the 1950’s. Though there are many glowing reviews of this book I never saw the things others saw in it, Because of these reviews I pushed on reading to the end and in the end found that I’d wasted a whole lot of time trying to find something where there was nothing. …
Cute
Great characters and funny insights to Southern culture.
Fannie Flagg books are great
Written in the form of a diary, Daisy Fay’s voice is strong and funny and peering through her eyes is interesting. Daisy is often hilariously funny, but the circumstances of her life are quite sad and there is a brooding underpinning to her story. Notably, I found it a little claustrophobic and the ending was truncated, leaving the reader to try …
Just ok