ADRIANA TRIGIANI

'A person who can build a pair of shoes can do just about anything.' The Angelini Shoe Company in Greenwich Village has been creating sumptuous shoes for a hundred years. And now it falls to Valentine Roncalli, heir to the family firm, to turn its esteemed past into a glorious future. Uniting both professionally and romantically with master craftsman Gianluca Vechiarelli, with his full and complex past and a secret to hide, proud, passionate Valentine is determined to make her mark. Once their wedding celebrations are over, she wakes up to the reality of juggling the demands of a business and the needs of her new family. And as she is confronted by painful choices, she must fight for everything she wants and savour all she deserves - the bitter and the sweet of life itself. Romantic and poignant, told with Adriana's trademark humour and warmth, and bursting with a cast of endearing characters, this is an unforgettable feast of delights and the most beautiful handmade shoes.

Meet Valentine, an unforgettable and passionate woman with a heart and a dream as big as New York city.

Matelda, la matriarca de la familia Cabrelli, siempre ha sido una mujer fuerte y decidida, pero es hasta ahora, al final de su vida, que está determinada a desentrañar la gran historia de amor de su madre, Domenica. Un secreto guardado durante años: el triangulo amoroso que involucra a Silvio, un amigo de la infancia, y al apuesto capitan escoces, John Lawrie McVicars, el padre que Matelda nunca conocio.Mientras acompañamos a Domenica Cabrelli a experimentar el amor, la perdida y el dolor de un exilio provocado por el estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, atestiguaremos como las mujeres de su familia casi cien años despues continuan enfrentandose a los mismos dilemas sobre la vida, la lealtad y la pasion. Esta maravillosa historia se extiende a lo largo de los años, transportandonos desde el mar azul de Viareggio y las costas rocosas de Marsella a la belleza mistica de Escocia. Una novela cautivadora y emocionante que desborda sensualidad en cada pagina....la belleza de Italia, las penurias de la guerra, el sabor de las recetas familiares y el amor imperecedero de la familia, Library Journal.

Valentine, la segunda de las tres hermanas de una familia de origen italiano afincada en Nueva York, nunca ha sido considerada ni la m:amp;aacute;s guapa, ni tampoco la m:amp;aacute;s lista. Ella es, simplemente, lagraciosa. A sus treinta y tres a:amp;ntilde;os todos la presionan para que se case y funde una familia tradicional, pero Valentine se siente realizada con su vida, en la que la pasi:amp;oacute;n que comparte con su fascinante abuela por la confecci:amp;oacute;n de zapatos de novia ocupa el primer lugar.

Valentine, la segunda de las tres hermanas Roncalli, de una familia de origen italiano afincada en Nueva York, nunca ha sido considerada ni la más guapa, ni tampoco la más lista. Ella es, simplemente, la graciosa. A sus treinta y tres años todos la presionan para que se case y funde una familia tradicional, pero Valentine se siente realizada con su vida, en la que la pasion que comparte con su fascinante abuela por la confeccion de zapatos de novia ocupa el primer lugar.Sin embargo, las dificultades economicas del negocio y la aparicion de un atractivo pretendiente la llevan a una dificil encrucijada. Esentonces cuando Valentine emprendera un viaje a la tierra de sus origenes, donde puede esperarle la clave que hara revivir el negocio y reconducir su vida Adriana Trigiani consigue nuevamente una deliciosa novela sobre las relaciones familiares y el amor, de la mano de Valentine, un personaje tan proximo como divertido.

Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Spencer Tracy, David Niven, Carole Lombard lead a magnificent cast of characters, real and imagined, in Adriana Trigiani's new novel set in the rich landscape of 1930s' Los Angeles. In this spectacular saga as radiant, thrilling and beguiling as Hollywood itself, Trigiani takes us back to the golden age of movie-making and into the complex and glamorous world of a young actress hungry for fame, success - and love. With meticulous, beautiful detail, she paints a rich landscape, where European and American artisans flocked to pursue the ultimate dream: to tell stories on the silver screen.

Millions of readers around the world have fallen in love with the small town of Big Stone Gap, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and the story of its self-proclaimed spinster, Ave Maria Mulligan. In the series enchanting debut, Ave Maria reaches her thirty-fifth year and resigns herself to the single life, filling her days with hard work, fun friends, and good books. Then, one fateful day, Ave Marias past opens wide with the revelation of a long-buried secret that will alter the course of her life. Before she knows it, Ave Maria is fielding marriage proposals, trying to claim her rightful inheritance, and planning the trip of a lifetime to Italyone that will change her view of the world and her own place in it forever. Full of wit and wonder, hilarity and heart, Big Stone Gap is a gem of a book, and one that you will share with friends and family for years to come.

Apprentie couturière dans le New York des années 1950, la belle Lucia Sartori a vingt-cinq ans et rêve de gloire. Farouchement attachée à sa famille et à son indépendance, elle choisit de rompre ses

An idle young woman living in present-day Greenwich Village listens to the life story of her neighbor, Lucia Sartori. Lucia''s tale stretches back to the ''50s, when she was the young and beautiful daughter of the local grocer, and when the romantic complications of her life are set against the background of a vibrant city and neighborhood.

As Encore Valentine begins, snow falls like glitter over Tuscany at the wedding of Valentine's grandmother. Meet the Roncalli and Angelini families, artisans of handcrafted shoes in Greenwich Village since 1903. Valentine's dreams are dashed when her grandmother names her brother and nemesis Alfred her partner at Angelini Shoes. A long-distance romance with the sexy Gianluca who lives in remote Tuscany seems impossible so Valentine tries to devote herself to her work. A once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity takes Valentine to Buenos Aires, where she finds a long-buried secret hidden deep within a family scandal. Once unearthed, the truth rocks the Roscallis, but Valentine is determined to hold her family together. More so, she longs to create one of her own, but is torn between a past love that nurtured her, and a new one that promises to sustain her.

Anche la vita piu soddisfacente puo, alla lunga, rivelarsi insipida senza quellingrediente fondamentale che e lamore. Se ne accorge a un certo punto la simpatica ed effervescente Maria Mulligan, proprietaria di una farmacia nella cittadina di Big Stone Gap, un angolo verde in mezzo alle montagne. La morte della madre, come pure la scoperta di chi e il suo vero padre, la gettano infatti nello sconforto, rivoluzionando tutta la sua esistenza e offrendole alla fine loccasione giusta per innamorarsi predutamente...

The long awaited next chapter in the beloved and bestselling Big Stone Gap saga: an unforgettable journey of true love, forgiveness and hope.The changes in Ave Maria''s life are seismic as Etta begins her new life in Italy, Jack Mac is stunned by unexpected news and the appearance of a mysterious stranger who comes to town to reveal a secret buried long ago. Ave Maria''s world is rocked to its core, forcing her to face the past in order to build a new life. This is Trigiani at her best, a page turning story full of revelations, plot twists and characters we have come to embrace as family. Theodore Tipton, Iva Lou Makin, Fleeta Mullins, and Pearl Grimes are back, and so is Pete Rutledge, Jack Mac''s unspoken rival for the heart of Ave Maria. Millions of readers around the world have followed Trigiani from the streets of Greenwich Village, to the farmland of Pennsylvania, and to the Jersey shore, and now, will take you home again, where it all began, in the mountains of southwest Virginia.Written with humor, emotion and power in Trigiani''s trademark style, Home To Big Stone Gap is a true homecoming event

Known and loved around the world for her sweeping Big Stone Gap trilogy and the instant New York Times bestseller Lucia, Lucia, Adriana Trigiani returns to the charm and drama of small-town life with Queens of the Big Time. This heartfelt story of the limits and power of love chronicles the remarkable lives of the Castellucas, an Italian-American family, over the course of three generations. In the late 1800s, the residents of a small village in the Bari region of Italy, on the shores of the Adriatic Sea, made a mass migration to the promised land of America. They settled in Roseto, Pennsylvania, and re-created their former lives in their new home–down to the very last detail of who lived next door to whom. The village’s annual celebration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel–or “the Big Time,” as the occasion is called by the young women who compete to be the pageant’s Queen–is the centerpiece of Roseto’s colorful old-world tradition.

Domenica Cabrelli had two great loves of her life.The first, her childhood sweetheart: a boy from the same small, sun-drenched Italian town of Viareggio. A romance born out of yearning and shared history; over before it really had a chance to begin.Then, on an idyllic French coastline in the shadow of war, Domenica's second great love affair, which would go on to define her - a mysterious captain, with a future on the front line.Many decades later, only her daughter, Matelda, knows the true story of these two men's lives, and the secret that connects them. And, as the end of her life nears, Matelda realizes that some truths are too great to be lost. But as she works against the clock with her own daughter to unpack their family's legacy, more questions arise than answers.What was the real story of her mother's wartime years?What kept her away from Italy for so long, after the fighting had ended?And what, ultimately, brought her home again..?

The first in the BIG STONE GAP series. The ultimate Small Town American novel, set in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.