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English
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"Along with Neighbor Dorothy, the lady with the smile in her voice, whose daily radio broadcasts keep us delightfully informed on all the local news, we also meet Bobby, her ten-year-old son, destined to live a thousand lives, most of them in his imagination; Norma and Macky Warren and their ninety-eight-year-old Aunt Elner; the oddly sexy and charismatic Hamm Sparks, who starts off in life as a tractor salesman and ends up selling himself to the...
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Whistle Stop AL volume 2
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English
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"Bud Threadgoode grew up in the bustling little railroad town of Whistle Stop, Alabama, with his mother Ruth, church-going and proper, and the fun-loving hell-raiser, his Aunt Idgie. Together they ran the town's popular Whistle Stop Café, known far and wide for its famous 'Fried Green Tomatoes.' And as Bud often said of his childhood, 'How lucky can you get?' But sadly, the railroad yards began to shut down and the town became a ghost town, with...
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Polish
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Jak dobrze wrócić do domu i uściskać starych znajomych! Otóż i oni: Idgie, Julian i jego żona, Opal; kucharka Sipsey; Duży George; szeryf Grady Kilgore; ich dzieci i wnuki. Po tym, jak kawiarnia w Whistle Stop zamknęła swoje podwoje, a stacja kolejowa przestała działać, miasteczko opustoszało. Dzięki świątecznym listom Dot Weems - żadnych plotek, same fakty! - sąsiedzka więź jednak przetrwała i znów wszyscy byli świetnie poinformowani....