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Trigiani, Adriana.
Subjects
Italian American families -- Fiction.
Italian American women -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction.
Americans -- Italy -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Italy -- Fiction.
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Trigiani, Adriana.
Italian American families -- Fiction.
Italian American women -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction.
Americans -- Italy -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Italy -- Fiction.
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Very
Valentine
/ Adriana Trigiani.
by
Trigiani, Adriana.
HarperCollins Publishers, c2009.
Call #:
FICTION TRI
Subjects
Italian American families -- Fiction.
Italian American women -- Fiction.
Family secrets -- Fiction.
Family-owned business enterprises -- Fiction.
Americans -- Italy -- Fiction.
New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Italy -- Fiction.
Series
Trigiani, Adriana.
Valentine
trilogy ; 1.
ISBN:
9780061257063
9780061257056
0061257052
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
371 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"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."--Inside jacket.
Genre:
Family saga.
Love stories.
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