Oh man. You know when you read a book years ago and you just can't stop thinking about that book? Well, I was at St. Vincent de Paul's in Eureka last week where they have books at 3 for $1. I bought Forrest Gump, The Witches and Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man.
Many years ago, when I was just a lass in the San Fran Bay Area, I found and read Daisy Fay and then gave it to my best friend Lisa with a "you NEED to read this, you will love it". Soon afterward I moved to the Mojave Desert and never saw Lisa again (well, there was this one time in Mexico, but it's a long story). I gave in to the fact that I would probably never see the book again. Yes, I'm being dramatic, but it really is a great book. I've looked. I've been to libraries and thrift stores but it wasn't until last week when I finally found it again.
A very brief summary:
Daisy Fay is precocious and lives in the South, her dad is a drunk, her mom is high strung. They move to the beach to open a malt stand, a lot of adventures and misadventures occur. She grows up she wants to be an actress, there is a happy ending.
Written by Fannie Flagg, Daisy Fay is allegedly autobiographical. Flagg also wrote Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, and you can see that a lot of the characters from Fried Green Tomatoes are influenced by characters in Daisy Fay's life.
I highly reccomend this book. I'm trying to get H-man to read it right now but I mistakenly convinced him it was a little girly in some parts (which is only mildly true).
