There are many threads throughout this story, which helps to keep the pace moving. The people of Big Stone Gap will have you laughing and cheering their antics. The story unfolds from there as Ave Maria confronts her feelings of love for a man who is almost too good to be true. She is happy with her life but misses her mother who passed away and left her with a secret regarding who her real father is. She is a young woman who is the town pharmacist and the “unmarried” one. Ave Maria is the main character and the one who is narrating the story. Filled with honor, chivalry and small-town life, it is easy to get pulled in and feel that you are right there in the town of Big Stone Gap. I have since read a few other of her books and then last year, I got the four books of the Big Stone Gap series.īig Stone Gap is a romantic novel that makes you yearn for the traditional values of the past. I found her writing to be refreshing and her stories engaging. I picked that one up, loved it and then read the next one in the series, Brava Valentine. My thoughts: I first came across Adriana Trigiani when I found her book, Very Valentine, in the library. Brimming with humor and wise notions of small-town life, Big Stone Gap is a gem of a book with a giant heart. Before she can blink, Ave’s fielding marriage proposals, fighting off greedy family members, organizing a celebration for visiting celebrities, and planning the trip of a lifetime – a trip that could change her view of the world and her own place in it forever.
Ave Maria Mulligan is the town’s self-proclaimed spinster, a thirty-five-year-old pharmacist with a “mountain girl’s body and a flat behind.” She lives an amiable life with good friends and lots of hobbies until the fateful day in 1978 when she suddenly discovers that she’s not who she always thought she was.
Following on the heels of the New York Times bestseller Very Valentine (hailed by People magazine as “Sex and the City meets Moonstruck”), Brava, Valentine is another tour-de-force from the beloved author of bestselling novels Lucia, Lucia, The Queen of the Big Time, and the Big Stone Gap series.First line: This will be a good weekend for reading.įrom the back cover: Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, the tiny town of Big Stone Gap is home to some of the most charming eccentrics in the state. Trigiani is a seemingly effortless storyteller.” - Boston GlobeĪward-winning playwright, television writer, and documentary filmmaker Adriana Trigiani returns with Brava, Valentine, continuing the heartwarming and hilarious story of Valentine Roncalli, her family, her love life, and the Angelini Shoe Company. PublishDateText mediaType Audiobook shortDescription “Delightful, energetic. IsPublicPerformanceAllowed False languages OverDrive Product Record readingOrder 2 images
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