Ice Cream Bucket List

By Kyra Delmar

At sixty-two, Maggie Lawson thought her life was finished being surprising.

Retirement had arrived quietly. The house was too still. And the future stretched ahead of her-empty, polite, and unnamed.

So Maggie did something small.
And quietly brave.

She made a list.

One hundred ice cream flavors. One year. No excuses.

What begins as a whimsical challenge becomes something far more meaningful as Maggie follows her list from small-town creameries to unexpected conversations-with strangers who don't stay strangers for long. Along the way, she meets people carrying their own unfinished stories: a widower learning how to remember without breaking, a burned-out travel vlogger searching for something real, a curious ten-year-old who believes vanilla is never boring, and shop owners who understand that sweetness is often an act of quiet defiance.

Each flavor becomes a doorway.
Each stop, a reminder.

Ice Cream Bucket List is a tender, uplifting novella about starting again later than you planned, finding connection where you least expect it, and discovering that joy doesn't disappear with age-it simply waits for permission.

Warm, reflective, and gently humorous, this story is perfect for readers who love emotionally rich fiction about second chances, chosen family, and the small moments that change everything.

Sometimes, all it takes to begin again...
is one more scoop.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FZG9LPVK
• ISBN13: 9798272818683
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 8.0"