In this "moving story of how sacrifices accumulate in the wake of passions left unfulfilled" ( Publishers Weekly )—perfect for fans of Fredrik Backman and Lisa Genova—a poet must decide if he should put his family's or his own needs first when he returns to Italy help run the family business he left behind years ago. As the heir to a proud Northern Italian ice-cream dynasty, Giovanni Talamini's family is none too happy when he decides to break with tradition and travel the world as a poet. So when Giovanni receives an unexpected call from his brother, he is faced with a difficult decision: return home to serve in his family's interests or continue on his own path in life once and for all?In a heartwarming tale that weaves history with lore and poetry with delicious recipes, The Ice-Cream Makers paints a century-long, multigenerational portrait of a family wrestling with their identity and how to ensure their legacy. This is a "delightful read; smooth as ice cream on a hot summer day" ( Kirkus Reviews ).
- 320 pages
- English
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- Cover
- Chapter 1: How My Father Lost His Heart to a Hammer Thrower Weighing One Hundred and Eighty-Three Pounds
- Chapter 2: The Discovery of Ice Cream by My Great-Grandfather in 1881
- Chapter 3: Why Giuseppe Talamini Fled to the New World
- Chapter 4: “The Spirit That Creates One Object”
- Chapter 5: How My Father Sang the National Anthem with a Bag of Onions on His Head
- Chapter 6: The Fraudster Marco Polo and the Invention of the Ice-Cream Cone
- Chapter 7: The Snow of Yesteryear
- Chapter 8: In Amsterdam
- Chapter 9: Like Sophia Loren’s Buttocks
- Chapter 10: My Brother’s Wedding and My Father’s Songbird
- Chapter 11: Jacuzzis and Ironing Boards
- Chapter 12: My Brother’s Seed
- Chapter 13: What’s a Couple of Seconds?
- Chapter 14: The Night My Brother Made Grappa Ice and I Fathered My Nephew
- Chapter 15: “A Soft, Feathery Breath”
- Chapter 16: In Venezia’s Kitchen
- Chapter 17: A Beginning, an End
- Acknowledgments
- List of Cited Poems
- About the Author
- About the Translator
- Copyright
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