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Stradal, in The Lager Queen of Minnesota, enfolds us in the quirky comfort of life in the Midwest -- Minnesota specifically. From an indepth conversation on rhubarb varieties to debates on brewing methodologies; family loyalties to corporate culture; staying on the farm to going to college; Stradal draws us in with warmth, humor, and compassion.
Indie bookstore fans will enjoy all the cheeky call backs to bookstores and booksellers that they (and Stradal) adore. A recommended read for fans of Stradal's first novel, Kitchens of the Great Midwest, The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin, The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, or Saints for All Occasions by J. Courtney Sullivan.
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State is the story of the Niles West high school girls' basketball team, who would go on to defeat eventual Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee's East St. Louis team in the 1979 Illinois state final. In telling their story. Isaacson shows readers how a group of "tomboys" found themselves and each other, how basketball rescued them from their collective frustrations and troubled homes, and how the experience forever altered the course of their lives. Readers who enjoyed Henning Orange and Black by Clifford Buchan should enjoy this riveting recollection.
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Readers who enjoy quirky punny books with sly dark humor (like Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) will giggle, chuckle, and even snicker through Allan Woodrow's The Curse of the Werepenguin. Beyond the humor is a heartfelt message about the importance of family; families that we choose and families that get chosen for us.
