REVIEW: The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion

A novel by Fannie Flagg

A fantastic summer beach book which will effortlessly pull you into Sookie Poole’s world in Point Clear, Alabama, Fannie Flagg’s writing has you laughing out loud while blending in deeply touching moments with unexpected twists and turns.

Lenore, a High Society Southern Lady, expects the same of her daughter Sookie and had been an overbearing presence in her life for 60 years. Mother and daughter differ so much physically and personally that Sookie wonders how she even fits into the Simmons Krackenberry Family. Rather than concerning herself with Simmons Family Heritage, she only wants to relax and take life a little less seriously since her children are grown. Unexpectedly, a registered letter addressed to Lenore arrives. Sookie opens her mother’s letter and, within minutes, her whole life is turned upside down when she discovers she is adopted and her real name is Ginger Jurdabraliskis of Pulaski, Wisconsin. The prospect of a different life is irresistible, and before you know it, Sookie has left town in search of answers concerning her biological family which takes her back to the 1940’s, WWII, the WASPs, an irrepressible barnstorming pilot named Fritzi, and the All-Girl Filling Station.

The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion is a joy to read and, with a sense of comic mystery, Fannie Flagg weaves two totally different stories into one, comparing Sookie’s present day Southern Life with her biological family’s Midwestern Immigrant Life during World War II. Enjoy!

 — Katherine McGregor Ouzts, Poe/Sullivan’s Island Library

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