"Sassy, brash, acrobatic and colorful . . . I want to read it again and again." -Time "Impressive . . . Soffer's style is natural and assured." -Meg Wolitzer, All Things Considered, NPR Lorca spends her life poring over cookbooks to earn the love of her distracted mother, a chef, who is now packing her off to boarding school. Desperate to prove herself, Lorca resolves to track down the recipe for her mother's ideal meal. She signs up for cooking lessons from Victoria, an Iraqi-Jewish immigrant profoundly shaken by her husband's death. Soon these two women develop a deeper bond while their concoctions-cardamom pistachio cookies, baklava, and masgouf-bake in Victoria's kitchen. But their individual endeavors force a reckoning with the past, the future, and the truth-whatever it might be. In Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots we see how food sustains not just our bodies, but our hopes as well. Bukra fil mish mish, the Arabic saying goes. Tomorrow, apricots may bloom. "A profound and necessary new voice. Soffer's prose is as controlled as it is fresh, as incisive as it is musical. Soffer has arrived early, with an orchestra of talent at her disposal." -Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin "Moving [and] extraordinary." -Atlantic "A work of beauty in words . . . Soffer is a master artist painting the hidden hues of the human soul." -New York Journal of Books "Soffer's breathtaking prose interweaves delectable descriptions of food with a profoundly redemptive story about loss, self-discovery, and acceptance." -O: The Oprah Magazine "Sassy, brash, acrobatic and colorful. . . I want to read it again and again-a novel about an elderly Iraqi Jewish immigrant and a 14-year-old pain addict, a novel of redemption and joy, a novel of history and belonging, beautifully written and sharply felt. It is a love song to both American and Iraqi culture, a sly political allegory and a homage to loneliness." -Colum McCann, Time "Beautifully written." -Atlantic "In this novel of shifting point of views, you want to linger longest with Lorca; both her shortcomings and her desires are so identifiable you can't help but root for her." -V "Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots is an astounding accomplisment for a young, new voice. Undoubtedly this is the beginining of a spectacular career." -Woodbury Magazine "Told in Victoria and Lorca's alternating first-person voices, the character driven novel… offers fully realized, multidimensional characters who invite empathy and compassion." -Booklist "Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots is an exceptional novel, filled with well-wrought characters and sharp, beautiful prose. This profound story of two lonely people who find common ground in food, told in Soffer's singular voice, is unforgettable." -Largehearted Boy "An unhappy teen and a shellshocked widow make a vital connection, though not the one they initially think, in Soffer's somber and atmospheric." -Kirkus "An incredibly talented and promising new author. Soffer's writing. . . sears across the page." -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "This powerful debut sheds light on the meaning and power of family, whether its members are blood-related or "created" by nonrelatives. Food is what strengthens relationships here. . . However, it is not just the love of food but understanding and acceptance that help to make this such a lovely novel." -Library Journal, starred review "Lovers of food-centered fiction should find some nourishment in Soffer's debut." -Publishers Weekly "This first novel by Jessica Soffer is a work of beauty in words. There is no dead wood in this story; not a word is indispensable. Ms. Soffer is a master artist painting the hidden hues of the human soul. Tomorrow There Will Be Apricots is an intelligent work in the vein of Azar Nafisi where the

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