A Heart-Felt Story: You Don't Even Have to Be a Foodie to Love It
Soft-serve vanilla ice cream solves all problems, frustrations, and sorrow. Since I have known that Rx for many years, I instantly was interested in a narrator who put her feet up with a soft serve cone to contemplate her life and the hours of restaurant work ahead of her.
The author's recounting flows easily and is told with just enough details to interest without bogging down the pace of the story: of her family buying the restaurant, finding Grandma working at the counter, and then being pulled onto the line to work at age 12. There is definite authenticity in the tale - the long, grueling hours, never-ending food prep, and inevitable frustrations.
It is difficult for someone who grew up in the suburbs of a sprawling huge city what life might be like in an isolated town of 719 people. Parts of the author's childhood sound ideal - streams to splash in, the critters of nature everywhere, room enough to be able to keep the kittens who were your favorite in every litter, etc. But then the reality of her life sets in. Dad had wanted a son, not a daughter. Dad could be a task master, screaming about making ice cream cones too generous for the customers.
In many ways, this is a dark story, but still, I am enjoying what I've read so far!
I am intrigued and hope to win an ARC so I can finish reading this book !
The author's recounting flows easily and is told with just enough details to interest without bogging down the pace of the story: of her family buying the restaurant, finding Grandma working at the counter, and then being pulled onto the line to work at age 12. There is definite authenticity in the tale - the long, grueling hours, never-ending food prep, and inevitable frustrations.
It is difficult for someone who grew up in the suburbs of a sprawling huge city what life might be like in an isolated town of 719 people. Parts of the author's childhood sound ideal - streams to splash in, the critters of nature everywhere, room enough to be able to keep the kittens who were your favorite in every litter, etc. But then the reality of her life sets in. Dad had wanted a son, not a daughter. Dad could be a task master, screaming about making ice cream cones too generous for the customers.
In many ways, this is a dark story, but still, I am enjoying what I've read so far!
I am intrigued and hope to win an ARC so I can finish reading this book !