The Lager Queen of Minnesota

by J. Ryan Stradal | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0399563059 Global Overview for this book
Registered by sarradee of Mansfield, Texas USA on 11/28/2021
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Journal Entry 1 by sarradee from Mansfield, Texas USA on Sunday, November 28, 2021
A novel of family, Midwestern values, hard work, fate and the secrets of making a world-class beer.

Two sisters, one farm. A family is split when their father leaves their shared inheritance entirely to Helen, his younger daughter. Despite baking award-winning pies at the local nursing home, her older sister, Edith, struggles to make what most people would call a living. So she can't help wondering what her life would have been like with even a portion of the farm money her sister kept for herself.

With the proceeds from the farm, Helen builds one of the most successful light breweries in the country, and makes their company motto ubiquitous: "Drink lots. It's Blotz." Where Edith has a heart as big as Minnesota, Helen's is as rigid as a steel keg. Yet one day, Helen will find she needs some help herself, and she could find a potential savior close to home. . . if it's not too late.

Meanwhile, Edith's granddaughter, Diana, grows up knowing that the real world requires a tougher constitution than her grandmother possesses. She earns a shot at learning the IPA business from the ground up--will that change their fortunes forever, and perhaps reunite her splintered family?

Here we meet a cast of lovable, funny, quintessentially American characters eager to make their mark in a world that's often stacked against them. In this deeply affecting family saga, resolution can take generations, but when it finally comes, we're surprised, moved, and delighted.


November Let's Get Lit Bookclub pick. Heartwarming story about estranged sisters who go their own ways. Life happens and they both end up in the beer business.

Journal Entry 2 by sarradee at Mansfield, Texas USA on Thursday, December 16, 2021

Released 2 yrs ago (11/28/2021 UTC) at Mansfield, Texas USA

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Handed off to one of the folks at book club because they didn't get to finish before the library took their copy back. :(
Told them to keep it but if it comes back my way I'll stick it into the Little Free Library at Dirty Job Brewing.

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