FlumeAward – Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots
FlumeAward – Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots by Jessica Soffer
Utterly heartwrenching.
Lorca lives with her workaholic restaurateur mother and aunt in NYC, having left her father in NH after the divorce. In constant attempts to gain favor with her mother, she thinks in terms of food nearly constantly. She embarks on a mission to learn how to make her mother’s favorite dish in one last attempt to please her mother and stop her from sending her to boarding school after being caught cutting in the school restroom.
Victoria is the Iraqi Jew former restaurateur who made the dish that Lorca’s mom loved so much.
I loved the delicate and honest way that Lorca’s relationships developed, so refreshing after the way that she and her mother interact. I was confused at first, when the perspective shifted from Lorca’s to Victoria’s, wondering if the was composed of only short, unsatisfying stories, but I loved how the stories intertwined, and we got to see it from different perspectives. I recommend this to anyone at any age. I worried, at first, that there would be little in Victoria’s story to garner and keep young attention, but the entire story, from every perspective, was engrossing. Recommended for the final list.
Kirsten Rundquist Corbett, Sandown Public Library