The Whole Town's Talking: A Novel

New York Times best sellerThe best-selling author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is at her superb best in this fun-loving, moving novel about what it means to be truly alive.Winner of the Southern Book Prize Elmwood Springs, Missouri, is a small town like any other, but something strange is happening at the cemetery.

Still Meadows, as it’s called, is anything but still.

Original, profound, The Whole Town’stalking, a novel in the tradition of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town and Flagg’s own Can’t Wait to Get to Heaven, tells the story of Lordor Nordstrom, his Swedish mail-order bride, Katrina, and their neighbors and descendants as they live, love, die, and carry on in mysterious and surprising ways.

Lordor Nordstrom created, in his wisdom, not only a lively town and a prosperous legacy for himself but also a beautiful final resting place for his family, friends, and neighbors yet to come.

“Resting place” turns out to be a bit of a misnomer, however.

Odd things begin to happen, and it starts the whole town talking.