What first caught my eye with this Chronicles of a Radical Hag was the really awesome cover. I absolutely love the cover.

The story centers around Haze Evans, who is currently in the hospital after having suffered a stroke. She has written for the Gazette for approximately 50 years, and the staff decide to re-run her columns during the time she's in the hospital with the hopes she'll recover and return to writing.

There are a wide variety of characters in the story, my favorite being Sam, the 14 year old son of the editor of the Gazette. Although a part of me felt he was a bit too unrealistic as a teenager. However, that didn't deter me from adoring his character. 

The story switches between Haze's columns and all the characters. The switching between the two felt choppy to me. It was jarring to switch from the columns to figure out which character and timeframe I was in. A lot of times I'd have to stop and re-read to orient myself with where and who I was reading about.

That said, the coolest aspect of this book to me was the historical events that Haze had written about in her news articles. Spanning 50 years, we covered a lot of events in the book, which I thought was really cool. 

Haze is also a feminist, and she shares a quite liberal view of politics, which I really appreciated.

Overall, I thought this was a good read. I felt like loose ends were tied up neatly in the book and I wasn't left with questions (which is always awesome).

If you're looking for a feminist read with historical elements, I definitely recommend Chronicles of a Radical Hag!

A wonderful novel, enthralling and well written. I loved the main characters and I loved the stories and the setting.
A very good book, I will surely look for other works by this author.
Highly recommended!
Many thanks to University of Minnesota Press and Netgalley for this ARC

Chronicles of a Radical Hag with Recipes by Lorna Landvik was a refreshing novel.  I thoroughly enjoy Ms. Landviks writing style.  Relevant and in sync with the reality of todays world.  She has an ability to express her thoughts on a situation that would not occur to me but are totally believable and entertaining.  I enjoyed this book as much as her previous books.  The characters were sharp and in focus for me. I particularly liked the premise/set up. Very original and so imaginative.  Thank you Net Galley for the opportunity to read this great book.

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.