THE LAGER QUEEN OF MINNESOTA

This delightful book is just what the world needs right now: a charming story filled with endearing characters, delicious pies and lots of beer. In it, two sisters face a deep-rooted rift when one cheats the other out of their shared inheritance. Many decades later, Edith hasn't forgiven her sister Helen, whose lifelong obsession with beer leads her to create a wildly successful brewery. While Edith tries to make ends meet baking pies, her granddaughter Diana helps her see that it may not be too late to take charge of her fate, fortune and family.

This book falls into one of my favorite genres, which I like to call “quirky/charming, not too silly/light, not too heavy/upsetting” (yep, it’s a mouthful). I don’t know about you but that’s exactly what I feel like reading right now. Characters who are authentic and memorable, and a heartwarming story about redemption and family. And if anyone wants to brew their own beer, this is basically an instruction manual!

This book is about beer, but it was the pies that drew me in. The markets may be slim pickings (sadly no rhubarb) but I did find enough ingredients for these strawberry minis!