A thoroughly entertaining novel, I Still Dream About You could be classified as chick lit, but with a difference. First of all, the chicks are older, and the level of writing is much better.
The novel is set in Birmingham, Alabama and the main characters, Maggie, Brenda, Hazel, and Edith all work at a real estate firm owned by Hazel, a midget who has died before this story takes place, but whose spirit is still very much present. There's a villain too, Babs Bingington, a rival agent, who is pure venom.
There's a mystery about a house high up on a mountain overlooking Birmingham, a house that has always fascinated Maggie, a former Miss Alabama. Brenda is an overweight friend whose main comfort is ice cream and doughnuts. All this is related with a gentle sense of humor, no condescension, just a sort of bemused or amused detachment.
I read it very quickly and enjoyed every minute of it. Flagg also wrote Fried Green Tomatoes, another favorite - I saw the movie,too with Kathy Baker - I saw her as Brenda in this, even though Brenda is black.
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