KatieMc

I watched more television in the 1970s than I care to admit to my book reading friends. It made an impression on me. I did not entirely understand everything that I watched, but sometimes I knew there was more than the what the canned laugh tracks might have implied. One of those impressionable shows was Match Game 75 or 76 or whatever year it was (needless to say that Bill Gates also watch television in the 70s). Match game had a celebrity panel filled with people that were clever and who seemed to be in on the joke. One of those faces was a writer/actress named Fannie Flagg. Much later she would go on to write Fried Green Tomatoes, both the book and the screenplay. As a kid, I had no idea who she was, but she was smart and wore funny sweaters and between her and Mary Richards, I had role models.

As for this book, I needed a dose of campy estrogen fueled feminism laced with Southern dysfunction. This wasn't a high brow read, yet I have no regrets spending several pleasant hours with these unsung WWII air-women and learning about their contributions to the war effort. Thanks Fannie.