Threadgoode’s conversations, in which Mrs. The novel’s second narrative presents a series of flashbacks, prompted by Evelyn and Mrs.
Threadgoode’s grave, driving the pink, Mary Kay Cadillac, to thank her. Threadgoode and feels gratitude for the new life her friend encouraged her to pursue. Evelyn comes to terms with the loss of Mrs. Heartbroken, Evelyn returns to the nursing home, where she receives a box of mementoes and recipes Mrs. After two months at the program, Evelyn receives a letter explaining that Mrs. She lets go of her anger and sadness and embarks on a new life, becoming a successful distributor of Mary Kay cosmetics and attending a weight loss program in California. Evelyn gains more confidence, although years of bottling up her feelings sometimes culminates in angry outbursts for instance, when a teenage girl pulls into a parking space Evelyn has been waiting for, Evelyn crashes her car repeatedly into the girl’s vehicle.Įvelyn later has a transformative experience when she visits a black church and feels real joy for the first time. Threadgoode is talkative and opinionated, speaking frankly about her own experiences of sex, marriage, and children while also boosting Evelyn’s self-esteem. Women’s lib came too late for me…I was already married with two children when I found out that I didn’t have to get married And now it’s too late to change…I feel like life has just passed me by” (67).Įvelyn’s life begins to change when she meets Ninny Threadgoode while visiting her mother-in-law at a nursing home. She says, “I just feel stuck…stuck right in the middle. She is traumatized by her mother’s death from cancer, estranged from her husband Ed, and unable to relate to the changes that have taken place in American society.
Although her life superficially resembles the American ideal, Evelyn is deeply unhappy with how it has turned out. As the story opens, Evelyn is suffering from what she will later recognize as depression and anxiety. The frame narrative, which takes place in Birmingham, Alabama between December 1985 and December 1986, depicts the developing friendship between a middle-aged housewife named Evelyn Couch and an elderly widow named Ninny Threadgoode.
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