Lorna Landviks books always have that special magic..A small town a columnist now aged now suffering from the effects of a stroke .Her columns are a history of the town the new columnist a young man will be surprised to learn from this towns past and the women who reported on it. #netgalley#uof Minnesota press.

There are some books that suit and others that don't. Sadly for me this book I just could not warm too it. Thank you to both NetGalley and the University of Minnesota Press for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

On Haze the incredible influence on so many lives whose voice we only know through her columns as presented by young Sam. As Haze lay in a coma after a stroke we see how relationships and self images, opinions and heartbreak are formed by her long ago newspaper columns. speaking vividly to generations

Lorna Landvik is a master. And in this newest novel, Chronicles of a Radical Hap (With Recipes), reminds us that words are powerful. Right now is an important time for journalism in this country - we need to remember, I think, that they give us much much more than "today's stories." They NEED to give them to us. And they need to be able to give them to us in a fair and honest way without constant slamming, shaming, lying vitriol from a dangerously conservative government that cares not one whit about this country.