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Very Valentine, by Adriana Trigiani

March 30, 2009 on 6:04 pm | In Fiction, Kay's Picks | No Comments

I first read Adriana Trigiani while working as a bookmobile driver. After reading Trigiani’s book Big Stone Gap, a coworker shared a passage from the book during a staff meeting. The passage, in which Trigiani described the story’s bookmobile librarian and sexpot, Iva Lou, led me and all the rest of the staff to stampede the office computers to get on the waiting list for our chance to read the book.

I’ve read and enjoyed many of the books Trigiani’s written since then, but none as much as her latest, Very Valentine.

Valentine is a 30-something 100% Italian American single woman who’s learning the family business– crafting hand-made wedding shoes–from her 80-something widowed grandmother. When the business falls on hard times, will Valentine find a way to revive it? And, will she get the man as she does so, and if so, which man will Valentine get?

Trigiani’s humor, her depiction of Italian American culture, her descriptions of complex people, beautiful places, and dreamy SHOES, and, of course, a story you’re dying to read more of, make Very Valentine a very satisfying read.

Read with me!
Kay