The Queen of the Big Time

Lucia, Lucia: A Novel

Author: Adriana Trigiani

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….Read More

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Brava, Valentine

“Delightful, energetic. . . . Trigiani is a seemingly effortless storyteller.” — Boston GlobeAward-winning playwright, television writer, and documentary filmmaker Adriana Trigiani returns with Brava, Valentine, continuing the heartwarming and… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary American Fiction, Domestic Fiction, Family Owned Business Enterprises, Literary Sagas, Shoe Stores

The Glass Castle

In the tradition of Mary Karr's The Liars' Club and Rick Bragg's All Over But the Shouting, Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished,… Continue Reading Posted in: Children Of Alcoholics, New York (State) New York, Rural Poor

Lucia, Lucia

From the bestselling author of the 'Big Stone Gap' series, comes the explosive story of a passionate young woman whose fateful choice changes her life forever. Continue Reading Posted in: Fictional Works, New York (State) New York Greenwich Village, Young Women

Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table

In this delightful sequel to her bestseller Tender at the Bone, Ruth Reichl returns with more tales of love, life, and marvelous meals. Comfort Me with Apples picks up Reichl's… Continue Reading Posted in: Biographies & Memoirs of Chefs, Cooking, Gastronomy Essays, Reichl, Ruth

Big Cherry Holler

It has been eight years since pharmacist and longtime spinster Ave Maria Mulligan married. What she hasn't counted on is that fate and the ghosts of the past will come… Continue Reading Posted in: Contemporary American Fiction, Fiction, Married People, Virginia Big Stone Gap, Women's Sagas

Big Stone Gap

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Now a major motion picture written and directed by Adriana Trigiani, starring Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg, John Benjamin Hickey, Jane Krakowski, Anthony LaPaglia,… Continue Reading Posted in: Mothers And Daughters, Mountain Life, Social Life And Customs

Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that "food could be a way of making sense of the world. . . . If you watched people as they ate, you… Continue Reading Posted in: Biographies & Memoirs of Chefs, Biography, Cooking Humor, Reichl, Ruth, Women Food Writers

Bed and Breakfast

General Fiction Large Print Edition A literate, witty, and affectionate tale that s perfect to curl up with at home, or better yet, in a B & B. Continue Reading Posted in: Christmas Stories, Comedic Dramas & Plays, Historical Literary Fiction, Mothers And Daughters

Immoral Certainty

New York. A world of mean streets, where a killer is operating with the "immortal certainty" that he or she will never have to pay for the snuffling out of… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

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