I Still Dream About You

A Novel

By: Fannie Flagg

Narrated by: Fannie Flagg

Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

The beloved Fannie Flagg is back and at her irresistible and hilarious best in I Still Dream About You, a comic mystery romp through the streets of Birmingham, Alabama, past, present, and future.

Meet Maggie Fortenberry, a still beautiful former Miss Alabama. To others, Maggie’s life seems practically perfect - she’s lovely, charming, and a successful real-estate agent at Red Mountain Realty. Still, Maggie can’t help but wonder how she wound up in her present condition. She had been on her hopeful way to becoming Miss America and realizing her childhood dream of someday living in one of the elegant old homes on top of Red Mountain, with the adoring husband and the 2.5 children, but then something unexpected happened and changed everything.

Maggie graduated at the top of her class at charm school, can fold a napkin in more than 48 different ways, and can enter and exit a car gracefully, but all the finesse in the world cannot help her now. Since the legendary real-estate dynamo Hazel Whisenknott, beloved founder of Red Mountain Realty, died five years ago, business has gone from bad to worse - and the future isn’t looking much better. But just when things seem completely hopeless, Maggie suddenly comes up with the perfect plan to solve it all.

©2010 Fannie Flagg (P)2010 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

“Undoubtedly [Flagg’s] wisest book, comic and compassionate... Born of a tender heart and nurtured by an imaginative mind, it’s certain to touch the reader’s soul.” (Richmond Times Dispatch)

“A fun and rollicking Nancy Drew mystery for grown-ups.” (The Birmingham News)

“Classic Fannie... What [Flagg] writes about, time and again, are the touching, terrifying, heartbreaking, hysterical, extraordinary, everyday things that make us human.” (Southern Living)

Amusing look at some edgy issues

While on the surface this book does not seem deep... it probes the mind of someone who has chosen to end their life with surprising insight. At the same time... it makes the reader laugh at the idiosyncracies of the various characters as they move forward in life as best they can. I found the thoughts of Maggie paralleled my own in many ways...

Best when an author reads their imagination!

Would you listen to I Still Dream About You again? Why?

I would definitely read this book again because Fannie Flagg reads it, and since she wrote it, she can put her spin on how she imagined her characters to be. Oh, she doesn't change voices really, but you can tell who is who by her words which translates to the speakers' voice. Each character had their own way of speaking, and taking place in Birmingham, AL who doesn't love a true southern accent?

The book is just fun, interesting, a bit of mystery, history and whether you love the characters, or want to smack them upside the head there is always a twist and turn.

What starts out with a weird premise, you just keep listening, because you'll want to know how successful the people are in their dreams, hopes and plans.

What was one of the most memorable moments of I Still Dream About You?

It could be the understanding of how not overly dramatic/partisan regular folks handled the Civil Rights era from a southern point of view, or the twists and turns which makes you wonder what is this author doing, or..the revelation of the underlying theme of the story.

What about Fannie Flagg’s performance did you like?

Oh yes, but now I hear her voice in my head, and if I slip into a southern accent and "oh darlin'" someone, I'll know from where it came.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

You mean besides the out loud laughing parts?

Although dealing with a simple theme and you pretty much can figure it out towards the beginning, the author wraps a story around it and spins a tale. Layer upon layer you can identify-maybe not exactly, but you want to hear more as these are just regular people going about their business, they're easy and friendly and you want to know them-some of them anyway.

I'm sure my husband wrote the words for one of the women as she describes travel that includes airports/planes.

Any additional comments?

As with "Fried Green Tomatoes" and all her books, Fannie Flagg is wonderful to read. Simple or complicated themes, she wraps you up in the story, and you wish you were there to participate-but you are.

Ain't life grand.

I absolutely loved this book. Somehow Fannie Flagg does it again. Great book. Good feelings.

What fun!

Loved, laughed and lived this novel! Most fun reading/listening I have had in a long time!

The characters

I really liked how the book had different characters and their stories.
It is so interesting that I always fall asleep when listening to it and have to start listening to it again. Lol

A good story with an encouraging message for women

A good story about life's disappointments and how good friends can create a shift for the better in life.

Fun listen! Love Fannie Flagg's rich characters.

Loved the characters, fun story, feel good book. If you like 'Fried Green Tomatoes', you will enjoy this book too.

Light and entertaining.

If you just want to relax and be entertained then this is the book. After reading a lot of non fiction, intense dramas and mystery novels I was ready for some light entertainment. I love Fannie Flagg doing her own narration. Especially her southern twang. Also many of the thoughts of the main character were similar to my own in many ways.

This is what good fiction is all about!

For anyone unsure about whether or not Fannie Flagg could be a great actress and author...be assured she is both! Her stories are more about the characters and their lives, rich with details and surprises that will delight the reader. I have read/listened to all of her books and this did not disappoint. It's a bit slow for the first few chapters and the main character is whining a bit too much about her lot in life, that we know nothing about early on. I was rewarded as the story unfolded and was introduced to the lives of her friends and the reasons for her self doubt and depression. She always weaves in some historical fiction and that really makes the story come alive for me. If you loved Fried Green Tomatos or any of her other stories, you will love this too. I am very pleased that Fannie Flagg reads her own work, she is wonderful narrator and author.

All time favorite

This is my favorite! Great writing, great reading, a repeat. Many thanks to Fannie Flagg. Onto her next book. I love them all!