The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street
by Susan Jane Gilman
Now in paperback, bestselling author Susan Jane Gilman’s IndieNext Pick novel about an immigrant girl’s transformation into an indomitable businesswoman in early 20th century New York. — As a child in 1913, Malka Treynovsky flees Russia for New York with her family–only to be crippled and abandoned in the streets. Taken in by a tough-loving Italian ices peddler, Malka survives. When she falls in love with Albert, they set off together across America in an ice cream truck to seek their fortune; slowly, she transforms herself into Lillian Dunkle, “The Ice Cream Queen of America”–doyenne of an empire of ice cream franchises and a celebrated television personality.
Spanning 70 years, Lillian’s rise–fraught with setbacks, triumphs, and tragedies–is inextricably linked to the course of American history itself, from Prohibition to the disco days of Studio 54. And when her past starts catching up with her, her world implodes spectacularly.
ISBN 9780446696944, PaperBack
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I love books about immigrants making a new life for themselves.
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Sounds like a great read, added to my TBR. Thanks for letting us know about this book and author.
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I love books set in this time frame where the poor immigrant becomes a well educated, wealthy, member of society. Reminds me of books I have loved such as “Evergreen” by: Belva Plain, or the books written by the wonderful Cinthia Freeman. I would LOVE to have this one!
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I’m very fond of books that tell how someone made it, or how something came to be. Excellent books I’ve read recently include “Beneath a Marble Sky” the story of an Indian king and his wish to build the Taj Mahal; the Second Empress, story of an Austrian princess who is forced for political reasons to marry Napoleon Bonaparte; The Snowball, about Warren Buffett’s success in industry. This book would fit my taste very well. The ice cream theme is just, well, the icing on the cake.
This story sounds delightful, and a very positive approach to life when things become difficult. I’ll be happy to read about how she overcomes adversity.
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I always life immigration stories that are positive in tone. I would love to have this one
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This sounds to be one of those books that you can’t put down until the end! My grandparents on both sides came here to America to have a better life, which is probably why I am a fan of stories set at the beginning of the century.
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I love ice cream.
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mmm, I just had a bowl of ice-cream, what a good coincidence
Currently living in San Francisco’s Little Russia district makes me want to read this even more.
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I’d love to have a book about immigration to share with my daughter who is currently studying that in school.