From the \;New York Times \;bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal\, a story of a couple from two very different restaurant families in rustic Minnesota\, and the legacy of love and tragedy\, of har dship and hope\, that unites and divides them \;
\nMariel Prager
needs a break. Her husband Ned is having an identity crisis\, her spunky\
, beloved restaurant is bleeding money by the day\, and her mother Florenc
e is stubbornly refusing to leave the church where she's been holed up for
more than a week. The Lakeside Supper Club has been in her family for dec
ades\, and while Mariel's grandmother embraced the business\, seeing it as
a saving grace\, Florence never took to it. When Mariel inherited the res
taurant\, skipping Florence\, it created a rift between mother and daughte
r that never quite healed.
Ned is also an heir--to a chain of home-st
yle diners--and while he doesn't have a head for business\, he knows his f
amily's chain could provide a better future than his wife's fading restaur
ant. In the aftermath of a devastating tragedy\, Ned and Mariel lose almos
t everything they hold dear\, and the hard-won victories of each family ha
ng in the balance. With their dreams dashed\, can one fractured family fin
d a way to rebuild despite their losses\, and will the Lakeside Supper Clu
b be their salvation?
In this colorful\, vanishing world of relish tr
ays and brandy Old Fashioneds\, J. Ryan Stradal has once again given us a
story full of his signature honest\, lovable yet fallible Midwestern chara
cters as they grapple with love\, loss\, and marriage\; what we hold onto
and what we leave behind\; and what our legacy will be when we are gone.\n
New book discussion participants are always welcome.
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