Funeral Ladies of Ellerie County

Armed with a Crock-Pot and a pile of recipes, a grandmother, her granddaughter, and a mysterious young man work to bring a community together in this uplifting novel for readers of The Chicken Sisters

Esther Larson has been cooking for funerals in the Northwoods of Wisconsin for seventy years

Known locally as the "funeral ladies," she and her cohort have worked hard to keep the mourners of Ellerie County fed--it is her firm belief that there is very little a warm casserole and a piece of cherry pie can't fix

But, after falling for an internet scam that puts her home at risk, the proud Larson family matriarch is the one in need of help these days

Iris, Esther's whip-smart Gen Z granddaughter, would do anything for her family and her community

As she watches her friends and family move out of their lakeside town onto bigger and better things, Iris wonders why she feels so left behind in the place she is desperate to make her home

But when Cooper Welsh shows up, she finally starts to feel like she's found the missing piece of her puzzle

Cooper is dealing with becoming a legal guardian to his younger half-sister after his beloved stepmother dies

While their celebrity-chef father is focused on his booming career and top-ranked television show, Cooper is still hurting from a public tragedy he witnessed last year as a paramedic and finding it hard to cope

With Iris in the gorgeous Ellerie County, though, he hopes he might finally find the home he's been looking for

It doesn't seem like a community cookbook could possibly solve their problems, especially one where casseroles have their own section and cream of chicken soup mix is the most frequently used ingredient

But when you mix the can-do spirit of Midwestern grandmothers with the stubborn hope of a boy raised by food plus a dash of long-awaited forgiveness--things might just turn out okay

Includes Recipes