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Daisy Fay is coming of age in the Gulf Coast's Shell Beach, the end of the road to the South, but a terrific place to meet the colourful locals. First published as Coming Attractions in 1981, the story takes place in the Texas of the 1950s.

The bestselling author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe pens a hilarious look at life in the South during the '50s. It begins when Daisy Fay is a feisty, lonely 11-year-old, and ends six years later when she's the unlikely winner of the Miss Mississippi contest... Read Full Overview