made me feel so gooood | Can't Wait to Get to Heaven: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

Can't Wait To Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg | Can't Wait to Get to Heaven: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) | Fannie Flagg

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	• Can't Wait to Get to Heaven: A Novel (Ballantine Reader's Circle) Fannie Flagg Ballantine Books, 2007 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 149 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Life Affirming

A warm and reassuring look at death and life. Perhaps not quite up to her previous works in depth and subtlety, but still a delight. I do wish the author would not play so fast and loose with basic facts about characters from book to book, though. It just jars you out of your suspension of disbelief a bit. Norma an Macky should be in their seventies, not sixties, based on their ages inStanding in the Rainbow, and Linda, born in the late 1940's, would be in her fifties, not 34. Other character ages and circumstances don't always match up, either, which readers do notice. Still, a wonderful book, like all Flagg's work.

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made me feel so gooood

An author of fiction has the power to create the destinies of her characters--how lovely to use this power to make the reader feel good!! I enjoyed this book so much and it made me want to become a better person. I just finished "House of Sand and Fog" and was disquieted by the tragedy; both books were fiction, but Fannie Flagg's book uplifted me. Read this book for a joyous experience.

Can't Wait To Get to Heaven by Fannie Flagg

This little book is a wonderfully humorous view into the everyday lives of people living in a close-knit small town. It was uplifting and wise and gave a warm and meaningful perspective of life and death. Not only do I highly recommend it, I have bought several copies so far to give as gifts to friends.

MM - Latham NY

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Such down to earth, heartwarming comedy

Fannie Flagg's "Can't Wait to Get to Heaven" was such a pleasure to read! It was uplifting (to say the least) and very amusing. Elner Shimfissle is so simplistic in her ways, but very wise and endearing. This is a must read for anybody wanting to be uplifted. You will find yourself immersed in the Elmwood Springs community anticipating what will happen next. It is refreshing to see the world through such innocent eyes as Mrs. Shimfissle.

Grab it - quick!

First of all, for anyone who has not yet read Fannie Flagg, just what are you waiting for?! She is one of my favorite authors - I was hooked after reading Redbird Christmas also written by her, a couple of years ago. Since then, I have yet to be disappointed with any of Fannie Flagg's books and Can't Wait to Get to Heaven is no exception.

Can't Wait to Get to Heaven focuses on elderly Mrs. Elner Shimfissle. Though her true age is not known, her niece, Norma, guesses her to be eighty-nine. Elner is a delightful and uproariously fun character. Full of spunk and fire, no one is a stranger to Elner. When she is not busy chatting up someone, she is trying to puzzle out such mysteries as what came first - the chicken or the egg?

One fateful morning, Elner decides to climb her ladder to pick a few figs from her fig tree. Little does she know that wasps have taken over the tree and are very unhappy to find someone butting in on their home. Next thing, Elner falls to the ground and soon finds herself riding a zig zag elevator and climbing crystal stairs with her long dead sister. Elner soon discovers that she is in heaven and is having a hay day, complete with the honor of meeting her idol Thomas Edison.

Meanwhile, back on earth, news of Elner's death spreads like wildfire. Grieving and heartbreak overcome everyone who was touched by Elner in some way. Flowers are ordered for her funeral and even her obit is written up. How amazing the influence and importance one fiery woman had on so many.

It is not long, however, that Elner is sent back to earth. She makes her presence known while having a final visit from her niece, Norma, Norma's husband Macky and great-niece Linda. Not to mention a nurse who is standing by, when Elner suddenly sits straight up in bed and begins to talk to everyone around her. Needless to say, the nurse runs from the room screaming and keeps right on going for a good two miles from the hospital. Imagine, a woman proclaimed dead five hours prior, suddenly wide awake and full of health.

Events that follow are both heartwarming and laugh out loud funny, as is the entire book. I greatly enjoy the way Fannie Flagg combines a wonderful and warming story with such great humor. Once I started reading, I found myself racing through until the end, enjoying each and every page. Can't Wait to Get to Heaven is a marvelous book and one that gets my highest recommendations

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Combining southern warmth with unabashed emotion and side-splitting hilarity, Fannie Flagg takes readers back to Elmwood Springs, Missouri, where the most unlikely and surprising experiences of a high-spirited octogenarian inspire a town to ponder the age-old question: Why are we here?

Life is the strangest thing. One minute, Mrs. Elner Shimfissle is up in her tree, picking figs, and the next thing she knows, she is off on an adventure she never dreamed of, running into people she never in a million years expected to meet. Meanwhile, back home, Elner?s nervous, high-strung niece Norma faints and winds up in bed with a cold rag on her head; Elner?s neighbor Verbena rushes immediately to the Bible; her truck driver friend, Luther Griggs, runs his eighteen-wheeler into a ditch?and the entire town is thrown for a loop and left wondering, ?What is life all about, anyway?? Except for Tot Whooten, who owns Tot?s Tell It Like It Is Beauty Shop. Her main concern is that the end of the world might come before she can collect her social security.

In this comedy-mystery, those near and dear to Elner discover something wonderful: Heaven is actually right here, right now, with people you love, neighbors you help, friendships you keep. Can?t Wait to Get to Heaven is proof once more that Fannie Flagg ?was put on this earth to write? (Southern Living), spinning tales as sweet and refreshing as iced tea on a summer day, with a little extra kick thrown in.

From the Hardcover edition.

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