Flagg's book was adapted into a popular 1991 movie, "Fried Green Tomatoes." (AL.com file photo/Beverly Taylor) If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we ...

Before Nancy Atchison auditioned for the part of the young Idgie Threadgoode in the movie “Fried Green Tomatoes,” her parents read her the novel on which it was based, Fannie Flagg’s ...