Snow's Kitchen: A Novella and Cookbook: 3

Snows Kitchen is the final book in the Snow trilogy and is written in the voice of Snows daughter Dolly. This Young Adult novella is a coming of age story that turns a young refugee girls life upside down as she journeys toward independence.Dolly was thirteen years old when her family moved from Seattle to Orange County California. Lost between two cultures she did not feel Vietnamese or American. In her search to find a community of her own Dolly lost her identity her voice and her sense of self. It was through the experience of first love the discovery of new wave music the appreciation of traditional foods and the survival of tough love that she understood identity was rooted in self-love and self-acceptance.Amy M. Le award-winning author of Snow in Vietnam and Snow in Seattle gives readers a glimpse into the Vietnamese youth culture of the 1990s as they carved their own niche in America following resettlement from the Vietnam War. Diverging viewpoints from old-fashioned parents living in a progressive America brought conflict and cultural divide within familial generations. Food and music were the two elements that threaded the cultural and societal gaps.Join us in Snows Kitchen as we transition from the novella to the cookbook where pho egg rolls crepes and other favorite foods from the Snow trilogy brings us together at the table to break bread and discover commonalities between different worlds. Similar to Fannie Flaggs Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Jill Conner Brownes Sweet Potato Queens novels and Patricia Cornwells Kay Scarpetta series Snows Kitchen is chock-full of recipes and plot twists. PRAISE FOR SNOWS KITCHEN: A NOVELLA AND COOKBOOK: Had my heart pounding!So hard to read but so good!My eyes were leaking...really good!Cant get enough of Snows Kitchen.Amys cooking as well as her writing is legit.I live in suspense from one chapter to the next!This book has so much more emotion than the previous ones!Amy is a true artist in the kitchen. Not only does her food look like a masterpiece it tastes like one as well!Im amazed by your culinary talent as much as by your writing. Your food posts are as intimate as your stories in your book.-Beta Readers of Snows Kitchen: A Novella and CookbookAuthor Amy Le has written a heartrending coming of age story in Snows Kitchen. We follow Dolly a young Vietnamese refugee on a journey to discover her identity. Shes caught between two cultures as she tries to live up to the expectations of her Vietnamese mom and stepdad while yearning for the independence America has promised. No matter the trials or struggles Dolly and her mom Snow reconnect in the kitchen over their shared love of food. I enjoyed this highly engaging book and am looking forward to trying the recipes from Snows Kitchen. -Staci Mauney Editor Prestige Prose Snows Kitchen is an amazing combination between a book and a cookbook. This installment is told from Dollys view of life. It is both intriguing and inspiring. While reading Dollys story you can feel the emotions of all the characters. Dolly expresses her love and admiration for her mother with so much passion you can feel love. You can also feel her pain hate and sometimes the darkness she faced. Dolly reels you in and keeps you engaged with the struggles and adversities she had to encounter during her formative years. And these recipes! I cant wait to try them out! By far one of the best novellas I have ever read. One I am proud to display in my library and will read again and again.-Tabitha Salom Beta Reader