by Susan Jane Gilman · EMBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416087471
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«La reina de los helados» is the contemporary fiction novel by Susan Jane Gilman, published by Embolsillo in paperback (560 pages, in Spanish).
At the beginning of the 20th century, little Malka emigrates with her family from Russia to New York. After the misfortunes that tear her family apart, she is adopted by the Dinellos, who give her a new name and an Italian ice cream recipe. Transformed into Lillian Dunkle, she builds an ice cream empire; in her old age, she looks back on her life.
First novel by Susan Jane Gilman, translated by Jofre Homedes Beutnagel; the English original, «The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street», was published in 2014.
For reading groups and readers of historical fiction, with a female protagonist and the framework of immigration in the United States.
Susan Jane Gilman is an American writer and novelist. She is the author of two novels, The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street (2014) and Donna Has Left the Building (2019) in addition to three non-fiction books: Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven (2009); Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress (2005); and Kiss My Tiara (2001).
