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Standing in the Rainbow: A Novel (Elmwood Springs) by Fannie Flagg is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Standing in the Rainbow: A Novel (Elmwood Springs) about?
From Publishers WeeklyFrom the talented storyteller whose Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe became a beloved bestseller and a successful film comes a sprawling, feel-good novel with an old-fashioned beginning, middle and end. The predominant setting is tiny Elmwood Springs, Mo., and the protagonist is 10-year-old Bobby Smith, an earnest Cub Scout also capable of sneaking earthworms into his big sister's bed. His father is the town pharmacist and his mother is local radio personality Neighbor Dorothy (whom readers will recognize from Flagg's Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!). In 1946, Harry Truman presides over a victorious nation anticipating a happy and prosperous future. During the next several decades, the plot expands to include numerous beguiling characters who interact with the Smith family among them, the Oatman Family Southern Gospel Singers, led by matriarch Minnie, who survive misadventures galore to find fame after an appearance on the Arthur Godfrey show in 1949, the same year Bobby's self-esteem soars when he wins the annual town bubble gum contest. Also on hand are tractor salesman Ham Sparks, who becomes amazingly successful in politics, despite his marri
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Fannie Flagg
- Publisher
- Random House, Incorporated
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780345478634
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Music
- Rating
- 4.02 / 5 (12,053 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Standing in the Rainbow : a Novel (2003)
- Standing in the Rainbow #2 : Elmwood Springs: Book 2 (2002)
- Standing in the Rainbow: A Novel (Elmwood Springs Book 2) (2004)
- Standing in the Rainbow #2 : Elmwood Springs: Book 2 (2011)
- Standing Iin the Rainbow (2002)
- Standing in the Rainbow: A Novel (Elmwood Springs Book 2) (2002)
- Standing in the Rainbow : a Novel (2004)
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