Synopses & Reviews
“Sex and the City meets Moonstruck….Sly, sensual, and dripping in style.”
—People
Poignant, funny, warm, and red hot, Very Valentine is a wonderful treat for Adriana Trigiani fans—a “delightful” (Boston Globe), “romance-soaked novel” (Marie Claire) from much adored playwright, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and New York Times bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia; Rococo; and Big Stone Gap. The adventures of an extraordinary and unforgettable woman as she attempts to rescue her familys struggling shoe business and find love at the same time, Very Valentine sweeps the reader from the streets of Manhattan to the picturesque hills of la bella Italia. Already a national bestseller, here is a valentine from the incomparable Trigiani that you can take into your heart.
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“Well-crafted work with sometime lyrical, sometimes flat-out-funny writing.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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“ Sex and the City meets Moonstruck … this first in a new trilogy from Trigiani is sly, sensual and dripping in style.” People, Lead Review
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“This genteel and lush tale of soles and souls has loads of charm and will leave readers eager for the sequel.” Publishers Weekly
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“No one ever reads just one of Trigianis wonderfully quirky tales. Once you pick up the first, you are hooked..... Trigiani fills her pages with snappy dialogue and luscious descriptions.... Reading Very Valentine is like tucking into a plate of homemade manicotti: irresistible and delicious.” BookPage
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“Trigiani offers plenty of reasons to stick around for part two.” Kirkus Reviews
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May be [Triginais] best work to date… Delightful, energetic… Trigiani is a seemingly effortless storyteller.” Boston Globe
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“Load up on cappuccino and biscotti before getting lost in the super froth of Adriana Trigianis romance-soaked novel, Very Valentine” Marie Claire
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“Trigiani has certainly not lost her ability to breathe life into everything she writes.” Roanoke Times
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“Adriana Trigiani listens to her readers, then gives them what they want. Thats why theyll be ecstatic about her newest novel…” Richmond Times-Dispatch
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“[Very Valentine] will have readers who love romantic novels...swooning. Trigianis closing is satisfying, even as it paves the way for the lovable heroine to reappear in a planned sequel.” Booklist
Synopsis
"
Sex and the City meets
Moonstruck....Sly, sensual, and dripping in style."
--
People
Poignant, funny, warm, and red hot,
Very Valentine is a wonderful treat for Adriana Trigiani fans--a "delightful" (
Boston Globe), "romance-soaked novel" (
Marie Claire) from much adored playwright, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and
New York Times bestselling author of
Lucia, Lucia;
Rococo; and
Big Stone Gap. The adventures of an extraordinary and unforgettable woman as she attempts to rescue her family's struggling shoe business and find love at the same time,
Very Valentine sweeps the reader from the streets of Manhattan to the picturesque hills of la bella Italia. Already a national bestseller, here is a valentine from the incomparable Trigiani that you can take into your heart.
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Soon to be a Lifetime original movie
"Sex and the City meets Moonstruck...this first in a new trilogy from Trigiani is sly, sensual and dripping in style."
-- People
Poignant, funny, warm, and red hot, Very Valentine is a wonderful treat for Adriana Trigiani fans--a "delightful" (Boston Globe), "romance-soaked novel" (Marie Claire) from much adored playwright, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and New York Times bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife, All the Stars in the Heavens and The Supreme Macaroni Company. The adventures of an extraordinary and unforgettable woman as she attempts to rescue her family's struggling shoe business and find love at the same time, Very Valentine sweeps the reader from the streets of Manhattan to the picturesque hills of Italy. Here is yet another novel from the incomparable Trigiani that will steal your heart.
--Boston Globe
Synopsis
The Angelini Shoe Company, one of the last family-owned businesses in Greenwich Village, has been making exquisite wedding shoes since 1903 but now teeters on the brink of financial collapse. To save their business from ruin, thirty-three-year-old Valentine Roncalli—apprentice to and granddaughter of master artisan Teodora Angelini—must bring the family's old-world craftsmanship into the twenty-first century. Juggling her 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 in a quest to build a pair of glorious shoes to beat their rivals. And in the course of discovering her true artistic voice and so much more in la bella Italia, Valentine will be turning her life and the business upside down in ways she never expected.
About the Author
Adriana Trigiani is beloved by millions of readers around the world for fifteen bestsellers, including the blockbuster epic The Shoemaker's Wife; the Big Stone Gap series; Lucia, Lucia; the Valentine series; the Viola series for young adults; and the bestselling memoir Don't Sing at the Table. Trigiani reaches new heights with All the Stars in the Heavens, an epic tale from the golden age of Hollywood. She is the award-winning filmmaker of the documentary Queens of the Big Time. Trigiani wrote and directed the major motion picture Big Stone Gap, based on her debut novel and filmed entirely on location in her Virginia hometown, to be released nationwide on October 9th, 2015. She lives in Greenwich Village with her family.