"The perfect pick-me-up on a hot summer day."
--Washington Post

"[A] charmer of a tale... Warm, witty and--like any good craft beer--complex, the saga delivers a subtly feminist and wholly life-affirming message."
--People Magazine

A novel of family, Midwestern values, hard work, fate and the secrets of making a world-class beer, from the bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest

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 most people would call a living. So she can't help wondering what her life would have been like with even a portion of the farm money her sister kept for herself.

With the proceeds from the farm, Helen builds one of the most successful light breweries in the country, and makes their company 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, Helen will find she needs some help herself, and she could find a potential savior close to home... if it's not too late.

Meanwhile, Edith's granddaughter, Diana, grows up knowing that the real world requires a tougher constitution than her grandmother possesses. She earns a shot at learning the IPA business from the ground up--will that change their fortunes forever, and perhaps reunite her splintered family?

Here we meet a cast of lovable, funny, quintessentially American characters eager to make their mark in a world that's often stacked against them. In this deeply affecting family saga, resolution can take generations, but when it finally comes, we're surprised, moved, and delighted.

• We started tracking this book on December 23, 2018.
• This book was £12.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 125 times in the past 2,707 days.
• The current price of this book is £0.99 last checked 10 hours ago.
• The lowest price to date was £0.99 last reached on May 21, 2026.
• This book has been £0.99 3 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was £12.99 last reached on December 23, 2018.
• This book has been £12.99 one time since we started tracking it.
• This book is currently at its lowest price since we started tracking it.

• Literature & FictionLiterary FictionSagas
• Literature & FictionWomen's FictionSagas
• Literature & FictionLiterary FictionLiterary

• Publication Date: July 23, 2019
• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 376 Pages
• File Size: 29 KB