“Scoop: Notes From
a Small Ice Cream Shop” by Jeff Miller
What a joy ride – Jeff
Miller and his partner Dean decide to leave their world spanning careers and
move from London England. Where would you put the lawyer and executive
who have worked in Hong Kong and achieved great success in their careers?
Well Hayward Wisconsin of course – they do have the international Birkebeiner
ski race there.
Jeff has a wit that makes
every chapter fly and the humor is not sarcastic or mean, I laughed and laughed
because it was so true. These are the characters I meet in the small
towns I have lived in. They buy a dairy, West’s Dairy and ice cream shop
and in addition to a building that is in desperate need of remodeling they have
an old vehicle, old equipment and an old employee, Buck, who serves to dispense
his own brand of wisdom while avoiding the dispensing of ice cream.
It is reminiscent of Bill
Bryson’s writing and holds together from beginning to end. They bring
their London accents, their gay lifestyle, and a wonderful desire to adapt to
both the dairy and the remodeling of Lumberman’s Mansion B&B on Shue’s
Pond. The reader is the
recipient of a ride back in time to small town America where Santa’s
Sleigh can be seen in the mouth of a giant Musky and the community celebrations
are Americana at its best.
Meet the people, meet the
author, and send me an ice cream cone – I am starting to crave a cone of
“Almost Sinful.” Check out their website for a fun video
http://www.westshaywarddairy.com/
