Chocolate Chocolate: A True Story of Two Sisters, Tons of Treats, and the Little Shop That Could - Hardcover

Park, Frances; Park, Ginger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312652933 ISBN 13: 9780312652937

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books, 2011

Synopsis

When their beloved father died suddenly, authors Frances and Ginger Park (To Swim Across the World) comforted themselves with chocolates and mused on opening a confectionery shop with their small inheritance. The idea felt right to them--"a shop our late father would've loved just by virtue of its contents: chocolates and daughters"--and despite their inexperience, they decide to go for it, with their mother as silent partner. In 1984, on the day f their Washington, D.C., store, named Chocolate Chocolate, opened, they already were beset with difficulties, from crumbling walls and cracking floors installed by a shoddy, shady contractor to trying to conjure strategies to gain attention and sales. Bit by bit, their clientele grows; the sisters write fondly and often humorously of the recurring characters in their new, chocolate-centric lives, from favorite customers to the kooky sales rep who becomes an employee and dear friend. They easily move between musings on friendship and family, all the while offering inspiration and valuable lessons for budding entrepreneurs. The recipe for their house truffle rounds out this appealing, engaging memoir that's sure to appeal to a range of readers, chocoholics or not.--Publishers Weekly

About this title

Product Description:

Non-fiction that reads like fiction

About the Author:

Sisters FRANCES AND GINGER PARK have been nibbling on bonbons and making friends at Chocolate Chocolate since 1984. Award-winning authors, the sisters love to write books for readers of all ages and have been interviewed on National Public Radio, 'Good Morning America', CNN and the Diane Rehm Show. Currently at work on separate novels, they still find time to collaborate.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0312652933
• ISBN 13: 9780312652937
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 274