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SUMMARY:Online Fiction Book Group with author J. Ryan Stradal
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DESCRIPTION:Good conversation\, friendly faces and great books - that's wh
 at book group is all about. We're looking forward to seeing you at our liv
 ely and engaging online book discussion. .\nhttps://toledo.libnet.info/eve
 nt/4717938
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Meetings take place via Zoom. Registered p
 articipants will be emailed meeting information prior to the event startin
 g.</p>\n<p><em>The Lager Queen of Minnesota</em> by J. Ryan Stradal</p>\n<
 p><a href="https://toledo.overdrive.com/media/4455769">eBook</a>&nbsp\;|&n
 bsp\;<a href="https://toledo.overdrive.com/media/4489418">eAudiobook</a>&n
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 =7BDE06D3BB6BFB12B304ACE3C77B0CBD?lang=eng&amp\;suite=cobalt">Print</a>&nb
 sp\;|&nbsp\;<a href="https://encore.toledolibrary.org/iii/encore/record/C_
 _Rb2246519__Slager%20queen%20of%20minnesota__P0%2C2__Orightresult__X7?lang
 =eng&amp\;suite=cobalt">Large Print</a></p>\n<p>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 mo
 st people would call a living. So she can't help wondering what her life w
 ould have been like with even a portion of the farm money her sister kept 
 for herself.</p>\n<p>With the proceeds from the farm\, Helen builds one of
  the most successful light breweries in the country\, and makes their comp
 any 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\, Hele
 n will find she needs some help herself\, and she could find a potential s
 avior close to home. . . if it's not too late.</p>\n<p>Meanwhile\, Edith's
  granddaughter\, Diana\, grows up knowing that the real world requires a t
 ougher constitution than her grandmother possesses. She earns a shot at le
 arning the IPA business from the ground up--will that change their fortune
 s forever\, and perhaps reunite her splintered family?</p>\n<p>Here we mee
 t a cast of lovable\, funny\, quintessentially American characters eager t
 o make their mark in a world that's often stacked against them. In this de
 eply affecting family saga\, resolution can take generations\, but when it
  finally comes\, we're surprised\, moved\, and delighted.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p
 >J. Ryan Stradal&nbsp\;is the author of&nbsp\;New York Times&nbsp\;bestsel
 ler&nbsp\;Kitchens of the Great Midwest&nbsp\;and national bestseller&nbsp
 \;The Lager Queen of Minnesota.&nbsp\;His&nbsp\;debut\,&nbsp\;Kitchens of 
 the Great Midwest\, has been translated into twelve languages\, and also&n
 bsp\;won the American Booksellers Association Indie's Choice Award for Adu
 lt Debut Book of the Year\, the Southern California Independent Bookseller
 s Association award for fiction\, and the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award
  for debut fiction.&nbsp\;The Lager Queen of Minnesota\, his second novel\
 , was an instant bestseller\, won the 2020 WILLA Award for the year's best
  contemporary fiction\, and was a finalist for the 2020 Heartland Booksell
 ers Award.&nbsp\;His shorter writing has appeared in&nbsp\;The New York Ti
 mes\, The Wall Street Journal\, The Guardian\, Granta\, Hobart\, The Rumpu
 s\,&nbsp\;and the&nbsp\;Los Angeles Review of Books\, among other places.&
 nbsp\;Born and raised in Minnesota\, he now lives in California with his f
 amily\, where he enjoys sports\, wine\, craft beer\, and peas.</p>\nhttps:
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