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She and Ruth open the Whistle Stop Cafe, employing the family cook, Sipsey, and her son, Big George, who excels with a barbecue that becomes popular with their patrons.įrank eventually returns to Whistle Stop to kidnap Buddy Jr., but his attempt is thwarted by an unseen assailant, and he is later reported missing.
Papa Threadgoode gives Idgie money to start a business so she can care for Ruth and Buddy Jr. Against his wishes and violent attempts to stop her, she returns to Whistle Stop with Idgie, where her baby, Buddy Jr., is born. Idgie tries to forget her, but later visits her house to find her pregnant and subject to physical abuse from Frank. Ruth leaves Whistle Stop to marry Frank Bennett and moves to Valdosta, Georgia. Idgie initially resists Ruth's attempts at friendship, but gradually a deep attachment develops between them. Devastated, she recedes from formal society for much of her childhood and adolescence until Buddy's former girlfriend, the straitlaced Ruth Jamison, intervenes at the request of the concerned Threadgoode family. Idgie's close relationship with her charming older brother, Buddy, is cut short when he is hit by a train after his shoe gets stuck in the tracks, leading to his death. Ninny's story begins with tomboy Idgie Threadgoode, the youngest of the Threadgoode children, whom Ninny describes as her sister-in-law. The narrative switches several times between Ninny's story, which is set between World War I and World War II, and Evelyn's life in 1980s Birmingham. The film's subplot concerns Evelyn's dissatisfaction with her marriage, her life, her growing confidence, and her developing friendship with Ninny. Over several encounters with Evelyn, Ninny tells her the story of the now abandoned town of Whistle Stop, and the people who lived there. 3.3 Differences between the film and novelĮvelyn Couch, a timid, unhappy housewife in her 40s, meets elderly Ninny Threadgoode in an Alabama nursing home where the aunt of Evelyn's husband is also staying.