Frozen Dinners
Nov 2018 · BrownBooks.ORM
Ebook
160
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
About this ebook
An award-winning memoir about how one girl grew up while her father chased the American Dream across the country during the mid-twentieth century.
After World War II, the United States evolved economically through an explosive combination of opportunities, entrepreneurs, and growing industries. By 1954, families began to enjoy the new pastime of evening television and increased the demand for a new product known as frozen TV dinners.
A poor father and farmer from Wendell, Idaho, had the audacity and vision to start his own trucking company to haul and deliver frozen food across the country—and subsequently built an impressive fortune that included several successful businesses. Elaine Ambrose, a bestselling author, departs from her award-winning humor to show life as this man's daughter. She chronicles the struggles her family experienced under the strain of an absent father and describes the high tensions and familial rivalries that arose after his untimely death. Using actual courtroom transcripts, she tells of the brutal legal battle that propelled her mother into dementia. She hopes to offer hope and inspiration to others who endured a contaminated family story to prove that anyone may grow beyond painful memories and find success, happiness, and warmth for themselves.
Winner of 2019 Distinguished Favorite for Memoir from the Independent Press Awards
Praise for Frozen Dinners
"This tell-all memoir . . . will resonate with anyone who has endured family dysfunction and will defrost the hearts of readers everywhere." —Joely Fisher, actress, singer, and author of Growing Up Fisher
"Clear-eyed, evenhanded, concise, and loaded with fascinating details about the struggles and joys of growing up female in the fifties and sixties." — Booklist
After World War II, the United States evolved economically through an explosive combination of opportunities, entrepreneurs, and growing industries. By 1954, families began to enjoy the new pastime of evening television and increased the demand for a new product known as frozen TV dinners.
A poor father and farmer from Wendell, Idaho, had the audacity and vision to start his own trucking company to haul and deliver frozen food across the country—and subsequently built an impressive fortune that included several successful businesses. Elaine Ambrose, a bestselling author, departs from her award-winning humor to show life as this man's daughter. She chronicles the struggles her family experienced under the strain of an absent father and describes the high tensions and familial rivalries that arose after his untimely death. Using actual courtroom transcripts, she tells of the brutal legal battle that propelled her mother into dementia. She hopes to offer hope and inspiration to others who endured a contaminated family story to prove that anyone may grow beyond painful memories and find success, happiness, and warmth for themselves.
Winner of 2019 Distinguished Favorite for Memoir from the Independent Press Awards
Praise for Frozen Dinners
"This tell-all memoir . . . will resonate with anyone who has endured family dysfunction and will defrost the hearts of readers everywhere." —Joely Fisher, actress, singer, and author of Growing Up Fisher
"Clear-eyed, evenhanded, concise, and loaded with fascinating details about the struggles and joys of growing up female in the fifties and sixties." — Booklist
An award-winning memoir about how one girl grew up while her father chased the American Dream across the country during the mid-twentieth century.
After World War II, the United States evolved economically through an explosive combination of opportunities, entrepreneurs, and growing industries. ...
Discover more
About the author
Elaine Ambrose is a bestselling, award-winning author and contributing author of sixteen books. She escaped the family farm in Idaho to find adventures that included safaris in South Africa and Nepal, a cooking school in Italy, a boat trip down the Nile in Egypt, a visit to the Tag Mahal in India, and a three-day hike across a volcanic crater in Hawaii. Ambrose lives in Eagle, Idaho.
Elaine Ambrose is a bestselling, award-winning author and contributing author of sixteen books. She escaped the family farm in Idaho to find adventures that included safaris in South Africa and Nepal, a cooking school in Italy, a boat trip down the Nile in Egypt, a visit to the Tag Mahal in Indi...
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
