I don't think you have to live in Northern Minnesota or Wisconsin, or have eaten hundreds of dinners in an old-fashioned supper club, to enjoy this novel---but it can't hurt either. You will recognize the small-town characters and the lakeside environments.
Stradal write books that feel simple as you read. But, when you finish, you realize he has shared lots of insights about families and expectations. In this case, four generations of Pragers have owned the Lakeside Supper Club, which has now fallen on hard times.
Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club is relaxing and easy to read, with well-intentioned characters who make their ways to a positive ending. Below, I copied from reviewers who give you an idea why the book is so likable.
“This gratifying multi-generational story of two families who own restaurants in northern Minnesota serves up a bounty of humor, heartache, and affection. J. Ryan Stradal’s novel celebrates community, forgiveness, progress, and finding one’s own way.”
—Christian Science Monitor
In this colorful, vanishing world of relish trays and brandy Old Fashioneds, J. Ryan Stradal has once again given us a story full of his signature honest, lovable yet fallible Midwestern characters 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. ---amazon.com
“Stradal’s novels...always resonate...He explores universal themes: love, loss, regrets for one’s past mistakes, and longings for what might have been—plus, of course, the importance of family.”
—Publishers Weekly
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