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The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street Free Preview (The First 3 Chapters)
The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street Free Preview (The First 3 Chapters): A Novel | Susan Jane Gilman
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In 1913, little Malka Treynovsky flees Russia with her family. Bedazzled by tales of gold and movie stardom, she tricks them into buying tickets for America. Yet no sooner do they land on the squalid Lower East Side of Manhattan, than Malka is crippled and abandoned in the street. Taken in by a tough-loving Italian ices peddler, she manages to survive through cunning and inventiveness. As she learns the secrets of his trade, she begins to shape her own destiny. She falls in love with a gorgeous, illiterate radical named Albert, and they set off across America in an ice cream truck. Slowly, she transforms herself into Lillian Dunkle, "The Ice Cream Queen" -- doyenne of an empire of ice cream franchises and a celebrated television personality. Lillian's rise to fame and fortune spans seventy years and is inextricably linked to the course of American history itself, from Prohibition to the disco days of Studio 54. Yet Lillian Dunkle is nothing like the whimsical motherly persona she crafts for herself in the media. Conniving, profane, and irreverent, she is a supremely complex woman who prefers a good stiff drink to an ice cream cone. And when her past begins to catch up with her, everything she has spent her life building is at stake.
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A unique rags to riches story about a Jewish Russian emigre turned America‘s queen of ice cream, this was an unexpected treat. Spanning from 1913 through the 90‘s, I loved the social backdrop that ran through the book. While the main character wasn‘t likable, I found myself admiring her. The audio was wonderfully realistic with dark humor peppered with Jewish and Italian expressions. I had to remind myself more than once that this was fiction.

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Getting ready for Jewish Book Month. Don't let the current political & hate atmosphere get you down. Diversify your reading, learn about people different from you, and unite. Because we ARE stronger together. Short descriptions of these books are on my blog today http://www.bethfishreads.com/2016/11/12-recommended-titles-for-jewish-book.html?... @grandcentralpub

Cinfhen So many great titles! 8y
Godmotherx5 Great suggestions. I've got a growing TBR. 📚📚📚 8y
Reviewsbylola Great post. I think it is a very important sentiment. ❤️ 8y
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BethFishReads @Cinfhen @Godmotherx5 now to find the time to read *everything*! 8y
BethFishReads @Reviewsbylola thanks. I'm trying hard not to let fear make me hide 8y
LitHousewife Great suggestions!!! 8y
BethFishReads @LitHousewife thanks. Don't they look good? 8y
Godmotherx5 Exactly!!! 8y
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