by Fannie Flagg. Will she or won't she kill herself? Jumping in the river to die is Birmingham realtor Maggie Fortenberry's grand obsession. A former Miss Alabama beauty queen who never married, Maggie wants out before she gets further along past six decades. Something of a dreamer, as well as a lover of Hollywood's "Glorious Technicolor" era gone by, Maggie sees no future for herself. Her boss, a gloriously upbeat midget named Hazel whom everyone adored, is now deceased, and the economy is in a meltdown. How will her meticulously planned suicide affect Brenda, her best friend and business partner, an African American woman gearing up to run for mayor of Birmingham? When a rival realtor gets the listing for a grand old house named Crestview, Maggie is tempted to stick around. Verdict Only Flagg (Can't Wait To Get to Heaven) could manage to make a novel about suicide so delightfully bubbly, punchy, and entertaining. Not to be missed. --Library Journal
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