A Winter in New York by Josie Silver

Isla’s vibrant childhood was filled with bands, noise and travel, thanks to her mum Vivien being an 80s music icon. Vivien might not have been much of a cook, but her treasured homemade vanilla ice cream established a Friday-night tradition that outlasted jobs, boyfriends and rental houses. Even, sadly, Vivien herself. Now Isla is escaping her various heartbreaks to the one place that has always felt like home: New York. She finds a job, a flat, a friend. And then Isla tastes her mother’s ice cream at a gelateria in Little Italy. She seeks out the owner and finds Gio, a man who, like Isla, is surrounded by people and yet feels entirely alone. But the most surprising thing? They’ve met before – so can the two of them untangle their pasts and find love in the present?