Champagne Girl in a Budweiser Family

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Suzanne Weerts' <em>Champagne Girl in a Budweiser Family</em> gives us a delightful and vivid time machine to bygone days of youthful folly and wide-eyed hope while reminding us why girls in the seventies were just as eager to leave that time behind. -Cara Lopez Lee author of <em>Candlelight Bridge</em> a 2025 Pick in Fiction in Southwest Books of the Year</strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Whether unintentionally poisoning the neighborhood kids as a child getting asked to dance last at the Spring Ball or being attacked by a flock of birds while basking in the afterglow of breaking her chastity vow Suzanne Weerts approaches life with a refreshing dose of charm grace and self-deprecating humor. If you're looking for something to bring a smile to your face give you a good laugh and warm your heart you've found it.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-Carlos Kotkin author of <em>Please God Let it Be Herpes</em> and host of <em>The Moth StorySLAMs</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Equal parts hilarious and heartfelt Suzanne Weerts's stories of growing up in the 70's south whisk you back to a simpler golden-hued Aquanet-scented time. Her writing is charming and evocative and so honest and self-aware- I loved every Tab-infused page.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-Johanna Stein author of <em>How Not to Calm a Child On a Plane</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In a Southern town in the 1970s the rules for girls are simple: look pretty behave politely and marry well. But for this rebel-in-the-making life beyond suburban America beckons. Before she can escape however she'll have to navigate extreme diets feathered hair and a mother who insists on hanging her bras on the clothesline in full view of the boys next door. Will she ever find a life that fits and a beverage that suits her champagne dreams?</span></p>