![]() ![]() When airplanes start using a landing strip behind the filling station, the Jurdabralinskis’ oldest daughter, Fritzi, learns to fly. In between stories of Sookie’s travails in Alabama, we learn about the Jurdabralinskis, their five children and their very successful Phillips 66 filling station. The story flashes back to the early 20th century in Pulaski, Wis., where one Stanislaw Jurdabralinski, an immigrant from Poland, has just settled with his wife and started a family. She finds out she is not who she thought she was. When Sookie opens one piece of mail, she’s in for a shock. Because Lenore is elderly and a littly nutty, too, all of her mail goes to Sookie. But Sookie has to deal with her overbearing mother, Lenore Simmons, who lives nearby in fact she’s been getting pushed into things and pushed around by Lenore all her life. The story opens with Sookie Poole, a southern lady trying to relax after her daughters’ weddings. I didn’t notice the cramped seats at all. ![]() "The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion" was absolutely perfect for a long plane ride I took this past weekend. They make me laugh, they make me cry and they keep me turning pages. ![]()
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