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Adriana Trigiani's bestselling novels are beloved by millions of readers around the world. From the Big Stone Gap series to Lucia, Lucia, each is a sumptuous treat as Trigiani tells hilarious and romantic stories that we want to return to again and again.
Very Valentine, an instant New York Times bestseller, introduced the contemporary family saga of the Roncalli and Angelini families, artisans of handcrafted wedding shoes in Greenwich Village since 1903.
As Brava, Valentine begins, snow falls like glitter over Tuscany at the wedding of her grandmother, Teodora, and longtime love, Dominic. Valentine's dreams are dashed when Gram announces that Alfred, "the prince," Valentine's only brother and nemesis, has been named her partner at Angelini Shoes. Devastated, Valentine falls into the arms of Gianluca, a sexy Tuscan tanner who made his romantic intentions known on the Isle of Capri. Despite their passion for one another and Gianluca's heartfelt letters, a long-distance relationship seems impossible.
As Valentine turns away from romance and devotes herself to her work, mentor and pattern cutter June Lawton guides her through her power struggle with Alfred, while best friend and confidante Gabriel Biondi moves into 166 Perry Street, transforming her home and point of view. Savvy financier Bret Fitzpatrick, Valentine's first love and former fiancée who still carries a torch for her, encourages Valentine to exploit her full potential as a designer and a business woman with a plan that will bring her singular creations to the world.
A once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity takes Valentine from the winding streets of Greenwich Village to the sun-kissed cobblestones of Buenos Aires, where she finds a long-buried secret hidden deep within a family scandal. Once unearthed, the truth rocks the Roncallis and 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. Brava, Valentine, Trigiani's best novel yet, delivers a hilarious and poignant mix of colorful worlds and unforgettable characters as only she can create them.
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Richard Reid
reviewed Brava, Valentine on July 26, 2012
Brava, Valentine
It sounded like a great book. Woman takes over the family business, finds true love and grows up emotionally, all at age 35. But I found the book riddled with stereotypes and disappointing characters.
--The loud, brash Italian family
--The gay best friend who has fabulous fashion and decorating taste and is there for supportive comments and text messages but otherwise has no story of his own
--The sexy, wise older love interest who has absolutely no sense of humor (because you can't be wise and be funny)
I didn't read the first book in the trilogy, so maybe it's unfair to start with the second one. But the only reason I kept going was because I loved the descriptions of the shoe-making business and the well-developed story line about how Valentine was assuming the leadership of the company and making business decisions.
But I pretty much hated all the characters. Everyone inside the family and the inner circle of friends was either boring, exasperatingly annoying or a supportive gay man. Everyone outside the family/circle of friends was a jerk. I loved the scene when Alfred's wife was tearing into everyone -- they all deserved it.
And then there's the love interest, Gianluca. He's in his 50s but acts like a 70-year-old. He doesn't like those new-fangled things like email and texting. Instead he writes vanilla love letters on onionskin and sends them par avion. He's very serious -- a father figure for a woman whose own father is incapable of saying big words and who lost the family's respect by cheating on his wife.
This isn't the worst book out there, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone either.
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