Take chocolate candy, add a family business at war with itself, and stir with an outsiders perspective. This is the recipe for True Confections, the irresistible new novel by Katharine Weber, a writer whose work has won accolades from Iris Murdoch, Madeleine LEngle, Wally Lamb, and Kate Atkinson, to name a few. Alice Tatnall Ziplinskys marriage into the Ziplinsky family has not been unanimously celebrated. Her greatest ambition is to belong, to feel truly entitled to the heritage she has tried so hard to earn. Which is why Zips Candies is much more to her than just a candy factory, where she has worked for most of her life. In True Confections, Alice has her reasons for telling the multigenerational saga of the family-owned-and-operated candy company, now in crisis. Nobody is more devoted than Alice to delving into the truth of Zips history, starting with the rags-to-riches story of how Hungarian immigrant Eli Czaplinsky developed his famous candy lines, and how each of his candies, from Little Sammies to Mumbo Jumbos, was inspired by an element in a stolen library copy of Little Black S***o, from which he taught himself English. Within Alices vivid and persuasive account (is her unreliability a tactic or a condition?) are the stories of a runaway slave from the cacao plantations of Cte dIvoire and the Third Reichs failed plan to establish a colony on Madagascar for European Jews. Richly informed, deeply moving, and spiked with Webers trademark wit, True Confections is, at its heart, a timeless and universal story of love, betrayal, and chocolate.Praise for TRIANGLEA thing of beauty . . . a structurally dazzling novel whose formal acrobatics have a purpose beyond their own cleverness. That is, to make readers feel anew the tragedy of the Triangle fire.Maureen Corrigan, NPRs Fresh Air Praise for THE LITTLE WOMENStops being droll only to be funny and almost never stops being exceedingly smart.Richard Eder, New York TimesPraise for THE MUSIC LESSONLikely to haunt you when youre done with it . . . A wonderful book.Washington Post Book WorldPraise for OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEARWith vibrancy and a steady barrage of linguistic brio . . . Weber provides a blend of artistry and insight far beyond what we usually see in a first novel.San Francisco ChronicleAbout the AuthorKATHARINE WEBER is the author of the novels Triangle, The Little Women, The Music Lesson, and Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, the cultural historian Nicholas Fox Weber, and is a thesis adviser in the graduate writing program at Columbia University.About Quantum ReaderQuantum represents a critical innovation for KiwiTech, because it uses the ePub format to display text on smartphones. Quantum allows users to: -- Use a skimming feature to skip to a specific page number within an e-book -- Adjust the font size to customize the reading experience -- Annotate the text -- Use multiple bookmarks within an e-book -- Search for words or phrases -- Use a backlit feature to enable better visibility for night readingThese features will make Quantum Reader an essential tool for any person who enjoys reading books on a smartphone.About KiwiTechKiwiTech is a new-age e-book distribution company. KiwiTech has built e-book readers for various mobile platforms, with more under development. The firm collaborates with content providers to distribute premium content for three markets -- consumers, associations, and schools on various smartphone platforms. KiwiTech also works with industry leaders to provide app development services. KiwiTech currently has over 80 apps now available on different platforms (including the iPhone and BlackBerry Storm) and has top 20 apps in several countries and in different languages. www.kiwitech.com
