A review by alisonlaw
The Happy Hour Choir by Sally Kilpatrick

5.0

Quick disclaimer: I know and work with Sally, so I'm not an objective reviewer. Okay, now that I've clarified that, I loved [b:The Happy Hour Choir|22715914|The Happy Hour Choir|Sally Kilpatrick|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1407763953s/22715914.jpg|23905002]. "Sassy" doesn't seem a sturdy enough term to describe protagonist Beulah Land. Beulah has grit and pluck that she earned at a young age when the people she inherited as her biological family abandoned her. Beulah's piano teacher Ginger takes her in and helps Beulah cobble together her own family, many of whom are patrons of the bar where Beulah plays piano. Everything changes when a handsome new preacher takes over the Methodist church directly across the street from the bar. Who are the sinners and who are the saints? I laughed out loud more than a few times while reading Beulah's story, and I won't have long to wait for the next book set in the same fictional town--Sally's second novel [b:Bittersweet Creek|24000579|Bittersweet Creek|Sally Kilpatrick|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1422811139s/24000579.jpg|43600711] will be published in October.