<b><b>A National Bestseller!<br><br>&ldquo;</b>The perfect pick-me-up on a hot summer day.<b>&rdquo;</b>&#160;<br><i>&mdash;Washington Post</i></b><br> <b>&#160;</b><br> <b>&ldquo;[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.&rdquo;</b><br> <b><i>&mdash;People Magazine</i></b><br> <b>&#160;</b><br> <b>A novel of family, Midwestern values, hard work, fate and the secrets of making a world-class beer, from the bestselling author of <i>Kitchens of the Great Midwest</i></b><br><br>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. <br><br>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.<br><br>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?<br><br>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.

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