The Wonder Boy of Whiste Stop*The review below is being done on a Netgalley Advanced Reader's Copy of The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop. This review is my own, and I have written it in my honest opinion.
I was in my teens when I picked up a copy of Fried Green Tomatoes at Whistle Stop Cafe and I have to say that it is by far one of my favorite books ever read. Now 33 years later we have a sequel I never knew I needed. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop revolves around Buddy, the now adult son of Ruth, and his family as they continue to live their lives post Whistle Stop. The beginning tends to move very quickly because it covers years of birthdays, marriages, and deaths of many of the Whistle Stop crew. We see Bud get married and have a child, and the story progresses when we see his daughter, Ruth, grow older and start to feel unneeded and broken. As she begins to come to terms with where her life has lead her, we are re-introduced to some of the themes of the previous book. As Ruthie is going through her turmoil, Bud is growing older and wishing he could see and be part of Whistle Stop again; unfortunately, Whistle Stop has become a ghost town since a lot of the older residents moved away. After reading this, I felt the way similarly to when Harper Lee wrote the sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird- there is more hope in the world and that we can still have pieces of what we had before. Reading this book was a very beautiful reminder of what the first book had to offer. Now that I am older and have a different perspective of life, and I see the themes and messages can apply to my life. This was a beautiful reminder that life continues after people die, and that we can choose what life we want to live. We have the power to become what we want. To get your copy of The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop click below in the following links: Amazon Audible Barnes and Noble Better World Books Powell's
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