“The Whole Town’s Talking” by Fannie Flagg; Random (432 pages, $28.)Most of us spend a lot of time and energy fretting about life. But Elner Shimfizzle, one of the notable residents of Fannie Flagg’s fictional (and delightful) Elmwood Springs, Missouri., has a few things figured out. “I think most people are confused about life, because if it’s not one thing or the other, it’s two things going on at the same time, [...]
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