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Very Valentine

by Adriana Trigiani

ISBN13: 9780061257056
ISBN10: 0061257052
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Meet the Roncalli and Angelini families, a vibrant cast of colorful characters who navigate tricky family dynamics with hilarity and brio, from magical Manhattan to the picturesque hills of bella Italia. Very Valentine is the first novel in a trilogy and is sure to be the new favorite of Trigiani's millions of fans around the world.

In this luscious, contemporary family saga, the Angelini Shoe Company, makers of exquisite wedding shoes since 1903, is one of the last family-owned businesses in Greenwich Village. The company is on the verge of financial collapse. It falls to thirty-three-year-old Valentine Roncalli, the talented and determined apprentice to her grandmother, the master artisan Teodora Angelini, to bring the family's old-world craftsmanship into the twenty-first century and save the company from ruin.

While juggling a budding romance with dashing chef Roman Falconi, her duty to her family, and a design challenge presented by a prestigious department store, Valentine returns to Italy with her grandmother to learn new techniques and seek one-of-a-kind materials for building a pair of glorious shoes to beat their rivals. There, in Tuscany, Naples, and on the Isle of Capri, a family secret is revealed as Valentine discovers her artistic voice and much more, turning her life and the family business upside down in ways she never expected. Very Valentine is a sumptuous treat, a journey of dreams fulfilled, a celebration of love and loss filled with Trigiani's trademark heart and humor.

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This first novel in a new trilogy from bestselling author Trigiani offers a heartwarming and hilarious story of Valentine Roncalli and the decades-old family business she struggles to save, finding love and the life she wants along the way.

About the Author

Adriana Trigiani is an award-winning playwright, television writer, and documentary filmmaker. The author of the bestselling Big Stone Gap series and the bestselling novels Lucia, Lucia, The Queen of the Big Time, and Rococo, she has also written and will be directing the big-screen version of her first novel, Big Stone Gap, in addition to writing the Viola Chesterton Chronicles, a young adult series for HarperCollins Children's Books.She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.

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: Cathy from Olympia, Washington, August 15, 2009 (view all comments by Cathy from Olympia, Washington)
Sumptuous! Trigiana expertly weaves words into delectable descriptions of mouth-watering Italian food and lovingly hand-crafted shoes ("since 1903"). Add a dash of family (Italian-American), life decisions (Career or marriage? Career and marriage?) and a life-changing trip to Italy and Capri. A BIT Chocolat (the food!) meets Stephanie Plum (handsome men vying for independent-minded main character, quirky family, plus humor, though no exploding cars). This was my first Trigiani book, but it won't be my last.
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: Denise Morland, February 8, 2009 (view all comments by Denise Morland)
Once again Adriana Trigiani has produced a sparkling, entertaining piece of chic-lit. Very Valentine is the story of Valentine Roncalli, an Italian shoe designer learning the old craft of making wedding shoes from her grandmother. She is (gasp!) the only single girl in a big italian family and everyone is conspiring to marry her off. In the meantime her grandmother's store is in trouble and she will have to fight her hot-shot older brother if she hopes to hang onto it. Enter Roman, a fiery Italian chef, trying to hang onto his own dreams of owning a restaurant.
As we have come to expect Adriana dishes up entertainment, great Italian food, loud family disputes, and plenty of Italian passion!
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ISBN:: 9780061257056
Author:: Trigiani, Adriana
Publisher:: Harper
Author:: by Adriana Trigiani
Subject:: General
Subject:: Italian American women
Subject:: Italian American families
Subject:: Contemporary Women
Subject:: Humorous
Subject:: Family life
Subject:: Love stories
Subject:: Domestic fiction
Subject:: New york (n.y.)
Publication Date:: February 2009
Binding:: Hardcover
Language:: English
Pages:: 371
Dimensions:: 950x650x125 128

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