.Book Talk
Current Book - February 2025
We were not able to meet in January as planned, therefore,
at our February meeting we will discuss the January and February books.
We will meet on Saturday, February 15, 2025
at Fabiano's (104 W. Grand River Ave., Portland, MI)
at 9:15 a..m. for breakfast to discuss the book.
January: Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah
February: A Winter in New York by Josie Silver
A Winter in New York
by Josie Silver
A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to
the love—and life—she's been looking for.
When Iris decides to move to New York and restart her culinary career, she realizes she underestimated how big the Big Apple really is—all the nostalgic, New York-set movies
she'd watched with her mom while eating their special secret-recipe ice cream didn't quite
do it justice. And after spending the last few years in a relationship with a man who
kept her world as small as possible, she's feeling a little overwhelmed by it all.
But Bobby, Iris's best friend, isn't about to let her hide away. He convinces her to come
with him to a famous autumn street fair in Little Italy. As they walk around enjoying
all the food and life the neighborhood has to offer, a little family-run gelato shop
catches her eye—it's the same shop that's in an old photo of her mother's.
When Iris returns the next day out of curiosity, she meets the handsome Gio and learns that the shop is in danger of closing. His uncle, sole keeper of their secret family gelato
recipe, is in a coma so the family can't make more. When Iris samples the last
remaining batch, she realizes that their gelato recipe and her ice cream recipe are one
and the same. But how can she tell them she knows it, when she's not sure why Gio's
uncle gave it to her mother in the first place?
So Iris offers her services as a chef to help them recreate the recipe and begins to find
herself falling for Gio and his family. But when Gio's uncle finally wakes up, all of
the secrets Iris has been keeping threaten to ruin the new life—and new love—she's
been building all winter long.
About The Author
Josie Silver is an unashamed romantic who met her husband when she stepped on his foot on his twenty-first birthday. She lives with him, their two young sons, and their cats in a little town in England called Wolverhampton. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December and The Two Lives of Lydia Bird.
Book Talk
Our book club is very casual and welcoming.
Please plan to join us whether you read the book or not.
We do discuss the book, but it's also about the fellowship. The more the merrier!
Please feel free to contact us to confirm the date/time/location
for our Book Talk, as sometimes we do have to change it on short notice. Our contact
information can be found by clicking on the Contact tab at the top of the page.
Click on the Book List tab near the top of the page for a
complete list of the books that Book Talk has read.
Information about the author and the book from: josiesilver.com
This web-page updated 1-19-2025
Current Book - February 2025
We were not able to meet in January as planned, therefore,
at our February meeting we will discuss the January and February books.
We will meet on Saturday, February 15, 2025
at Fabiano's (104 W. Grand River Ave., Portland, MI)
at 9:15 a..m. for breakfast to discuss the book.
January: Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah
February: A Winter in New York by Josie Silver
A Winter in New York
by Josie Silver
A young chef stumbles on a secret family recipe that might lead her to
the love—and life—she's been looking for.
When Iris decides to move to New York and restart her culinary career, she realizes she underestimated how big the Big Apple really is—all the nostalgic, New York-set movies
she'd watched with her mom while eating their special secret-recipe ice cream didn't quite
do it justice. And after spending the last few years in a relationship with a man who
kept her world as small as possible, she's feeling a little overwhelmed by it all.
But Bobby, Iris's best friend, isn't about to let her hide away. He convinces her to come
with him to a famous autumn street fair in Little Italy. As they walk around enjoying
all the food and life the neighborhood has to offer, a little family-run gelato shop
catches her eye—it's the same shop that's in an old photo of her mother's.
When Iris returns the next day out of curiosity, she meets the handsome Gio and learns that the shop is in danger of closing. His uncle, sole keeper of their secret family gelato
recipe, is in a coma so the family can't make more. When Iris samples the last
remaining batch, she realizes that their gelato recipe and her ice cream recipe are one
and the same. But how can she tell them she knows it, when she's not sure why Gio's
uncle gave it to her mother in the first place?
So Iris offers her services as a chef to help them recreate the recipe and begins to find
herself falling for Gio and his family. But when Gio's uncle finally wakes up, all of
the secrets Iris has been keeping threaten to ruin the new life—and new love—she's
been building all winter long.
About The Author
Josie Silver is an unashamed romantic who met her husband when she stepped on his foot on his twenty-first birthday. She lives with him, their two young sons, and their cats in a little town in England called Wolverhampton. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of One Day in December and The Two Lives of Lydia Bird.
Book Talk
Our book club is very casual and welcoming.
Please plan to join us whether you read the book or not.
We do discuss the book, but it's also about the fellowship. The more the merrier!
Please feel free to contact us to confirm the date/time/location
for our Book Talk, as sometimes we do have to change it on short notice. Our contact
information can be found by clicking on the Contact tab at the top of the page.
Click on the Book List tab near the top of the page for a
complete list of the books that Book Talk has read.
Information about the author and the book from: josiesilver.com
This web-page updated 1-19-2025
