- Paperback: 448 pages
- Publisher: Sphere; Export ed edition (4 Mar 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1847443192
- ISBN-13: 978-1847443199
- Product Dimensions: 15.4 x 4 x 23.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (130 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 127,692 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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At only eighteen years of age, Poppy and Serena were the only witnesses to a tragic event. Amid heated public debate and scrutiny, the two glamorous teens were dubbed 'The Ice Cream Girls' by the press and forced to go their separate ways and to lead very different lives. Twenty years later, Poppy is keen to set the record straight about what really happened, while married mother-of-two Serena wants no one in her present to find out about her past. But some secrets will not stay buried - and if theirs is revealed, their lives will start to unravel all over again ...Gripping, thought-provoking and heart-warming, The Ice Cream Girls will make you wonder if you can ever truly know the people you love.
About the Author
Dorothy has two degrees, is a journalist and has written for numerous women's magazines and newspapers, including the Guardian, New Woman and Cosmo. Her first novel for Sphere, My Best Friend's Girl, was picked as a Richard & Judy Summer Read.
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70 of 74 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The Ice Cream Girls is one of the most cleverly crafted novels that I have read for a long time. It would be so easy to judge this book by it's cover and assume that it's going to be frothy chick-lit - don't fall for the cover - this is a psychological thriller that gripped me from page one and kept me hooked until the very last page.
The story is narrated in turns by Serena and Poppy - the 'Ice Cream Girls' of the title. Serena and Poppy were never friends but their lives have been linked together by a tragic event that happened over twenty years ago. This event shaped their lives and their futures - moulding both of them into the adults they have become.
With flash-backs to the event and alternately narrated chapters, this story twists and turns on each page. The story covers some very emotive and often horrific events, it is a novel about growing up, about falling in love and about betrayal and hate.
Poppy and Serena are two excellently written characters, both have their faults but both have been shaped by falling in love with the wrong man and it is this man that is so central to the story line.
A compelling and often breathtaking read with a unique storyline and fantastic characters - I cant recommend this highly enough.
The story is narrated in turns by Serena and Poppy - the 'Ice Cream Girls' of the title. Serena and Poppy were never friends but their lives have been linked together by a tragic event that happened over twenty years ago. This event shaped their lives and their futures - moulding both of them into the adults they have become.
With flash-backs to the event and alternately narrated chapters, this story twists and turns on each page. The story covers some very emotive and often horrific events, it is a novel about growing up, about falling in love and about betrayal and hate.
Poppy and Serena are two excellently written characters, both have their faults but both have been shaped by falling in love with the wrong man and it is this man that is so central to the story line.
A compelling and often breathtaking read with a unique storyline and fantastic characters - I cant recommend this highly enough.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have read all of Dorothy Koomson's books and am always pleasantly surprised when i pick up a new book and the books are always different then the previous. Some authors get into a rut and their books are quite "samey".
I am mid way through this one and all i can say is i was awake til i fell asleep at 6am this morning!!!!!
BUY IT!!!!!
I am mid way through this one and all i can say is i was awake til i fell asleep at 6am this morning!!!!!
BUY IT!!!!!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition
This is the first Dorothy Koomson I've read. And to be honest, I was tempted in by the low Amazon price for Kindle more than anything. However, I will now be reading all of Dorothy's novels, because I found THE ICE CREAM GIRLS to be one of the most gripping, compelling and powerful books I've read in a long time. With the title and the pastel cover, you sort of imagine you're in for something lightweight, but this is not even remotely like that: it deals with hard-hitting issues in the most personal and emotional of ways. I can't recommend this highly enough. Buy it!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Couldn't put it down!
I loved this book, I couldn't put it down. The story was so easy to get into and was very gripping. I also liked how it was a mix between a chick lit and a thriller! Read more
Published 1 day ago by kd15
Fabulous
I picked up this book, my first Dorothy Koomson, and was immediately engrossed in the story. Loved every minute, could not put it down, until I finished it. Read more
Published 14 days ago by woody
Interesting read
This was an interesting read for me as the store was based on a domestic violence situation involving minors. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs. L. Ashley
Trite
This book was suggested by my reading group and it was painful to read, I am sorry to say I thought it was a bloody load of trite... Read more
Published 1 month ago by JIF
Can't put down
This story to's and fro's from past to present in snippets to keep you hooked. I religiously read Dorothy Koomson books and thsi one is not like the others. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Sophie
Koomson's Best Book
A definite page turner filled with a lot of mystery! I didn't give it 5 stars as I guessed the ending quite early on. This book should definitely be made into a TV Drama.
Published 2 months ago by London_Bookworm
Pleasant surprise
The pastel cover gave me abit of a bum steer with with book. I was expecting a relationship drama between two friends but the Ice-Cream Girls is much edgier and more dark than... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Book worm
Gripping read.
Don't let the unfortunately girly pastel colour of the jacket put you off; The Ice Cream Girls is a gripping, often difficult read. Read more
Published 3 months ago by The Bookworm
I did not want this book to end!
Having loved all of the Koomson books I have read, I was not disappointed with The Ice Cream Girls. I could not put this book down and I was enjoying it so much I did not want it... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Helen
I went and bought the rest of Koomson's work after reading this...
This is the first Dorothy Koomson book that I read and after finishing this book in a day I ordered the rest of her collection online that day. Read more
Published 4 months ago by sara h
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