Underbrush Book Club (One Time Purchase)

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“I felt the entire range of emotions while reading this book. The characters are so perfectly midwestern, you can't help but chuckle at their antics while falling deeply in love with each of them. Yet, beyond the relish trays and small-town gossip is a story with the same heart as Remarkably Bright Creatures and Norman Foreman." – Courtney

From the New York Times bestselling author J. Ryan Stradal, a story of a couple from two very different restaurant families in rustic Minnesota, and the legacy of love and tragedy, of hardship and hope, that unites and divides them.


Mariel Prager needs a break. Her husband Ned is having an identity crisis, her spunky, beloved restaurant is bleeding money by the day, and her mother Florence is stubbornly refusing to leave the church where she’s been holed up for more than a week. The Lakeside Supper Club has been in her family for decades, and while Mariel’s grandmother embraced the business, seeing it as a saving grace, Florence never took to it. When Mariel inherited the restaurant, skipping Florence, it created a rift between mother and daughter that never quite healed.

Ned is also an heir—to a chain of home-style diners—and while he doesn’t have a head for business, he knows his family’s chain could provide a better future than his wife’s fading restaurant. In the aftermath of a devastating tragedy, Ned and Mariel lose almost everything they hold dear, and the hard-won victories of each family hang in the balance. With their dreams dashed, can one fractured family find a way to rebuild despite their losses, and will the Lakeside Supper Club be their salvation?

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.

What's Included:

  • June book pick
  • Book club discussion guide
  • Access to our monthly meetings
  • Underbrush tote-bag (First time members only)

    Boxes will begin shipping on 6/5. The in-person meeting will take place on Monday, July 10th at 6:45 CST at Iron Horse Coffee in Rogers and the virtual meeting will take place remotely Tuesday, July 11th at 7:30 CST via Zoom.

    You can choose to make your Underbrush membership a recurring subscription here and receive free shipping on each box here. Subscriptions will be renewed on the 1st of each month. You will have the option to skip a month without being charged.