Fannie Flagg writes a novel that clearly indicates the damaging aspects of Daisy Fay's father's alcoholism, but also presents the miracle of his imagination and spirit. Daisy provides a strong female character whose perseverance creates possibilities for a future other than what is assumed to be destiny for children who grow up in her situation.4/5(K). · Overview. “A hilarious, endearing novel.”—Los Angeles Times. In Fannie Flagg’s high-spirited first novel, we meet Daisy Fay Harper in the spring of , where she’s “not doing much except sitting around waiting for the sixth grade.”. When she leaves Shell Beach, Mississippi, in September , she is packed up and ready for the Miss America Pageant, vowing “I won’t come back until I’m Brand: Random House Publishing Group. Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man is the first novel written by acclaimed novelist, actress, and comedian Fanny Flagg. This novel is the diary of a young, southern girl that chronicles her life from her eleventh birthday until the day she packs her bags to leave Mississippi.
Details. In Fannie Flagg's high-spirited first novel, we meet Daisy Fay Harper in the spring of , where she's "not doing much except sitting around waiting for the sixth grade.". When she leaves Shell Beach, Mississippi, in September , she is packed up and ready for the Miss America Pageant, vowing "I won't come back until I. Fannie Flagg. Fiction - Women; Fiction - Humorous - General; Fiction - Sagas. Ballantine Books | Trade Paperback | September | $ | () 1. The novel begins the day after Daisy Fay's eleventh birthday and ends more than seven years later. In Fannie Flagg's high-spirited first novel, we meet Daisy Fay Harper in the spring of , where she's "not doing much except sitting around waiting for the sixth grade.". When she leaves Shell Beach, Mississippi, in September , she is packed up and ready for the Miss America Pageant, vowing "I won't come back until I'm.
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man is a novel by author Fannie Flagg. It was originally published under the title Coming Attractions. The story is a series of diary entries that chronicle the main character's years growing up in Mississippi from to Plot. In Fannie Flagg’s high-spirited first novel, we meet Daisy Fay Harper in the spring of , where she’s “not doing much except sitting around waiting for the sixth grade.” When she leaves Shell Beach, Mississippi, in September , she is packed up and ready for the Miss America Pageant, vowing “I won’t come back until I’m somebody.”. Fannie Flagg takes us on a journey in this story of the life of Daisy Fay Harper, a sassy truth-telling heroine who just can't stay out of trouble. What's more, Daisy Fay tells us everything from what or who made her mom and dad split up to what is really stashed in the freezer of her family's malt shop. Daisy Fay is coming of age in the Gulf Coast Shell Beach, which is the End of the Road of the South.
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