The Lager Queen of Minnesota : A Novel (CD-Audio)

from EmScape

This is the most adorably Minnesotan book I've ever read. I came across it during a period of extreme homesickness after having spent the first 38 years of my life living in MN and relocating to South Carolina. The characters are so immediately recognizable that it brought tears to my eyes at sev...

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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 ...

from Hccpsk

It's been four years since J. Ryan Stradal's last book (Kitchens of the Great Midwest) and let me say now that The Lager Queen of Minnesota was well worth the wait. Hugely, enormously, immeasurably worth it. The Lager Queen of Minnesota tells the story of two sisters, difficult lives, hard work a...

from JillHannah

I loved this humorous and heartfelt story that takes place in my home state. I especially loved Diana and her relationship with Frank. It's a story of second chances, small-town living, family, and pursuing your dreams against all odds. The characters and settings are fun and welcoming, and you'l...

from gpangel

The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stadal is a 2019 Pamela Dorman Books publication. An inspiring feel good story! Sisters, Edith and Helen, stop speaking when Helen inherits, and Edith gets left out in the cold. Helen has rationalized her decisions, especially in the face of her wildly succ...