Mary Ann
Have you discovered the Adrianna Trigiani universe of books? If you have, you know her wonderful stories and are probably like me waiting for her next book. If you do not know this author, you are about to make a new friend with Adrianna. I envy you a bit to have the opportunity to discover this masterful storyteller’s tales.
Adrianna Trigiani is an author who writes about her Italian heritage from Big Stone Gap in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia to Greenwich Village in New York City to New Jersey and Italy. The heroine of her books are often women finding themselves and are on the verge of blooming into the strong women they were meant to be. Their journeys unfold in small towns to big cities, and Trigiani will frequently tell the stories in trilogies, so you really get to know the characters well. You kind of grow with them too. If you know Italian families, you will appreciate the dialog and biting humor of the families. Trigiani captures it all in her novels.
Since 2000, she has written 19 books – mostly fiction but she does do some nonfiction. Her most recent book from 2025 is The View from Lake Como, the Jersey version, not the Italian lake; however, Italy becomes a main character in this story. Giuseppina (Jess) Capodimonte Baratta, the heroine, is a woman who is finding herself. Jess has endured several hardships with a death of a beloved uncle, a divorce, a controlling family, an unfulfilled career, and the other ups and downs of life. She wants more from her small life in Lake Como, so she goes to Italy to find herself and what a new life could bring. Jess is spreading her wings, and you get to join her on the flight! We all see ourselves in Jess’s transformation, and you may learn a little about yourself as you accompany Jess on her adventure.
I know that once you read one of Adrianna Trigiani’s stories, you will seek out her other books to be part of her one big Italian family throughout the world. More importantly, you will be part of her big literary family as well enjoying her tales that are full of heart and soul!
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