
Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots: A Novel
General fiction, Family stories, Multi-cultural fiction, Serious and literary fiction, Suspense and thrillers
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Summary
A troubled teen turns to cooking lessons to win her emotionally distant mother&’s love in this &“moving [and] extraordinary&” novel (The Atlantic). Lorca spends her life poring over cookbooks to earn the love of her distracted, angry mother, a… prominent Manhattan chef who left Lorca&’s father and is now packing her off to boarding school. Desperate to prove herself, Lorca resolves to track down the recipe for her mother&’s ideal meal. She signs up for cooking lessons from Victoria, an Iraqi-Jewish immigrant profoundly shaken by her husband&’s death. Soon these two develop a deeper bond while their concoctions—cardamom pistachio cookies, baklava, and masgouf—bake in Victoria&’s kitchen. But their individual endeavors force a reckoning with the past, the future, and the truth—whatever it might be. &“Sassy, brash, acrobatic and colorful…I want to read it again and again.&” —Time &“Impressive…Soffer&’s style is natural and assured.&”—Meg Wolitzer, All Things Considered, NPR &“Breathtaking…a profoundly redemptive story about loss, self-discovery, and acceptance.&”—O: The Oprah Magazine &“Soffer&’s prose is as controlled as it is fresh, as incisive as it is musical.&” —Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin