Once upon a time in American backwoods there was a girl, and her name was Daisy Fay. Her parents were hopeless—her mother worried more and more, and her father drank more and more. And don’t feed Grandma bread—let her play the lottery. And around her stretched a strange and so interesting world that you just want to tell about it. And Daisy Fay starts keeping a diary. Her notes turn out both cheerful and sad, touching and daring. About her father, who is always fussing with strange ideas: he opens a bar, then catches the biggest fish in the world, then stuffs animals. About her father’s friend, who flies in an airplane and sprays fields. About the killer who lives next door. About her mother, who is so unhappy that she is ready to kill her husband. About a bald boy for whom you have to steal a wig. In short—about an amazing world full of wonders. «Daisy Fay and Miracles» is Fannie Flagg’s first novel, strongly reminiscent of the famous «Fried Green Tomatoes,» but even brighter and more tender.