Ask a Bookseller: 'Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club'

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Amy Erickson of Bluebird Bookshop in Detroit Lakes, Minn., recommended a novel that she called “very much an up-north book.”

She loved J. Ryan Stradal's “Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club.”

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"Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club," by J. Ryan Stradal.
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She says it's a story about relationships and how people measure success, set against a backdrop of relish trays, steak, and grasshoppers for dessert.

Author J. Ryan Stradal spoke with All Things considered host Tom Crann on Wednesday for "Appetites."

All Things Considered host Tom Crann speaks with J. Ryan Stradal, the author of "Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club," a new Minnesota favorite.

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