Do you have a favorite local ice cream shop? When I was just in Cambridge, MA for my son’s graduation we visited Toscanini's. It has been called “The World’s Best Ice Cream” by the New York Times.
The author did an amazing job connecting me to both Dawn and Marnie with their alternating POV’s. It was a pleasure to watch them both grow, connect and learn to appreciate the other. I found myself wrapped up in their building renovation, how to make ice cream, and in the town of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The author begins each chapter with a quote about ice cream and I noticed myself actively searching out ice cream in my home, in my neighborhood, and on vacation after reading. The Sweet Life by Suzanne Fisher Woods is truly as sweet as it sounds. I highly recommend it.
I was given a copy by the publisher and not required to write a positive review.
Suzanne graduated from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California, and was a free-lancer writer for magazines while her children were growing up. A former contributing editor to Christian Parenting Today, Suzanne’s work has appeared in many magazines, including Today’s Christian Woman, Worldwide Challenge, and Marriage Partnership.
Her first novel, Copper Star, a World War II love story, was published by a small press (Vintage Inspirations) and received three literary awards. It opened the door to a literary agent, Joyce Hart. The agent knew of Suzanne’s connection to the Plain People—her grandfather was raised Plain—and introduced her to an editor at Revell, a division of Baker Books. Amish Peace: Simple Wisdom for a Complicated World was the result of that first conversation. It was an 2010 ECPA Book of the Year finalist…and it is the book Suzanne wants to be buried with.
And that was over thirty books and one million sold copies ago! So it seems things are working out pretty well.
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