The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street

by Susan Jane Gilman

Book Overview

A clever and complex woman builds an ice cream empire after immigrating from Russia in this stunning novel of power, Prohibition, and performance set against the backdrop of early 20th-century America.
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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446696943
• ISBN13: 9780446696944
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

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