This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:
Very Valentine
By Adriana Trigiani
Publication Date: February 3
From Publishers Weekly:
"This first-in-a-trilogy is a valentine to Manhattan's picturesque West Village, starring a boisterous and charmingly contentious Italian-American family. Valentine Roncalli, adrift after a failed relationship and an aborted teaching career, becomes an apprentice to her 80-year-old grandmother, Teodora Angelini, at the tiny family shoe business. While Valentine struggles to come up with a financial plan—and shoe design—to bring the Old World operation into the 21st century, her brother, Alfred, is pushing Gram to retire and sell her building for $6 million. It's not all business for Valentine, of course: handsome and sophisticated Roman Falconi, owner and chef at a posh restaurant, is vying for her heart. This genteel and lush tale of soles and souls has loads of charm and will leave readers eager for the sequel."
As a huge fan of the Big Stone Gap books, I am thrilled that she's coming back with another series.
What's your "waiting on" pick this week?
Leave a comment with either the link to your own "Waiting On" Wednesday post or just your answer (if you don't have a blog).
I love her books! I can't wait to read this one.
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ReplyDeleteI've read a few of Trigiani's books and enjoyed them! Pretty cover!
I just heard about this and can't wait!
ReplyDeleteI have this book and I'm dying to get into it, but it doesn't come out until February and they've requested the review be posted close to publication date.
ReplyDeleteI just got "Very Valentine" in the mail yesterday. I do not love all of Trigiani's books, but this one looks like it is similar to one I loved, "Lucia, Lucia".
ReplyDeleteThe other book I got in the mail, due out in January, is "Never Tell a Lie" by Hallie Ephron (yes, she is one of THOSE Ephrons!) that has had some good advance press. I was immediately pulled in and cannot wait to get back to it today.
This one does look good :)
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This one sounds like it will be interesting, I've never read any of her books.
ReplyDeleteI just got this one from the author and cannot wait to read it! Thanks to Kathy posting about it as I had not heard about it. I am a huge fan of Adriana Trigiani's books!
ReplyDeleteI also loved the Big Stone Gap series. I will watch for this to come out!
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