All Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion is the latest by Fannie Flag, author of Fried Green Tomatoes.
Flag is a wonderful story teller, and here she tells the true story of the WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots) who flew during WWII and have been mostly forgotten about.
We meet the Jurdabralinski family from Wisconsin of four girls and one boy, who all but one become pilots during WWII. One of the girls has a baby that is given up for adoption. The baby is taken to Alabama and raised by an eccentric and overbearing mother, and only finds out when she is 60 years old that she was adopted.
It's a wonderful story, full of Southern charm and comedy, that is mostly fiction, but with the true history of the WASPs woven in. A great read.
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