How to Read We All Scream: The Fall of the Gifford's Ice Cream Empire DOC
"A Southern Gothic for the DC area." - Vanity Fair"Gifford's writing is immediate, intimate and connected with me very early on." - Richard Sutton, Amazon Vine VoiceSuicide, bankruptcy, and a missing fortune...What happened to the iconic Gifford's Ice Cream franchise and the family behind it?Few know the truth...For more than 70 years, Gifford's Ice Cream and Candy Company was associated with nothing but pleasure for native Washingtonians and visitors to the nation's capital, but behind the iconic business's happy facade lay elaborate and cruel schemes.In this memoir of discovery and resilience, the last Gifford heir takes the reader from his life under the shadow of the family business, to the broken world left behind by his abusive parents. Gifford attempts to understand the reasoning behind the byzantine betrayals and intrigue rooted in the company from its modest beginnings--dark influences that would ultimately destroy the legendary business and its troubled founding family."This amazing, harrowing tale of the D.C. ice cream family makes it deeply clear that what looks sweet on the surface begs for further investigation -- a brave, dark story of dysfunction." - A.M. Homes, author of May We Be Forgiven and The End of Alice"This is a page turner from page one to the end. A well written, well paced story of intrigue, domestic horror, and how we never know what's truly happening behind the facades we humans construct for the rest of the world. Highly recommend." - Karen Stefano, author of What A Body Remembers"An honest, and telling story of challenge and self discovery, providing inspiration to rebuke our own "lot" in life. This book has the courage to take on the myths our forefathers create." -- Amazon CustomerIf you enjoyed The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and The Jell-O Girls by Allie Rowbottom, then you must check out this stunning memoir about the rise and fall of an ice cream empire and the family behind it.
