I love Fannie Flagg. She's always fun to read because her characters are so alive that they jump off the page and shake you by the shoulders. Southern charm, deception, identity issues and humor summarize this book. Underneath all this, there's a larger question: How much of who we are is situational and how much is handed down from family? How much control do we really have over our lives when a single piece of information can change reality as we know it. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.