Standing in the Rainbow - Fannie Flagg
Audio cover: " Along with Neighbor Dorothy, the lady with the smile in her voice, whose daily radio broadcasts keep us delightfully informed on all the local news, we also meet Bobby, her ten year old son, destined to live a thousand lives, most of them in his imagination; Norma and Macky Warren and their 98 year old Aunt Elner; the oddly sexy and charismatic Hamm Sparks and the two women who love him as differently as night and day. Then there is Tot Whooten; Beatrice Wodds, the Little Blind Songbird; Cecil Figgs, the Funeral King; and the fabulous Minnie Oatman. The time is 1946 until the present. The town is Elmwood Springs, Missouri, right in the middle of the country, in the midst of the mostly joyous transition from war to peace, aiming toward a dizzyingly bright future." This was an absolutely delightful read (listen). The characters and stories were "old fashioned", but interesting. Each chapter was a story in itself, but intertwined with ea...