At the Gas Station Only Girls

Mrs. Suky Pool has survived the last of her four daughters' weddings and can finally breathe easily and prepare for a trip with her beloved husband. However, in her care is a formidable and bossy 88-year-old mother. This extravagant lady keeps everyone on their toes and treats her 60-year-old daughter as if she were still 15. But to everyone else, the old lady is pure charm. One day, however, Suky discovers completely shocking information about her birth, her mother, and her roots. From that moment on, the Pool family’s life turns upside down.

Attempting to unravel the mysteries of the past, Suky learns not only about her own origins but also about the brave women pilots of World War II. The wonderful storyteller Fannie Flagg once again gifts readers with an amazing and almost incredible story. The twentieth century across five generations, from the gloomy pre-war Poland to the languid Alabama of our days: heroic women pilots and ordinary housewives are connected by one fate, one story.