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(0)Adriana Trigiani
2) Kiss Carlo
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English
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It's 1949 in south Philadelphia. Diligent, hard-working, and proud, the Palazzinis have built a solid life for themselves and their three sons. Now that World War II is over, their sons, each one a decorated veteran, have returned home to the family cab company, to rejoin their world as it was before they left. But their future and fortunes are forever changed by a telegram, and the nephew who delivers it.
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English
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"From present day Viareggio to Glasgow during World War II, a multigenerational sweeping tale of love lost, family secrets, and reconciliation over decades from New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani"--
Matelda, the Cabrelli family's matriarch, has always been brusque and opinionated. Now, as she faces the end of her life, she is determined to share a long-held secret with her family about her own mother's great love story: with her childhood...
5) Tony's wife
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English
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"Set in the lush Big Band era of the 1940s and World War II, this spellbinding saga from beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani tells the story of two talented working class kids who marry and become a successful singing act, until time, temptation, and the responsibilities of home and family derail their dreams. Shortly before World War II, Chi Chi Donatelli and Saverio Armandonada meet one summer on the Jersey shore and fall...
Author
Series
Valentine trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
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A once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity takes shoe designer and businesswomen Valentine Roncalli 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 as she longs to create one of her own.
Author
Series
Valentine trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Valentine Roncalli struggles to save her decades-old family business, finding love and the life she wants along the way.
Author
Series
Big Stone Gap novels volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
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English
Author
Series
Valentine trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
When a secret about her business partner and lover is revealed during her family's celebration of The Feast of the Seven Fishes, Valentine Roncalli must make life-altering choices as she fights for everything she wants while sustaining her family's business and enjoying life to the fullest.
Author
Series
Big Stone Gap novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Revisits the marriage of Ave Maria and Jack MacChesney, eight years after their wedding, amid the eccentric inhabitants in the small Virginia mountain town of Big Stone Gap.
Author
Series
Big Stone Gap novels volume 1
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
In the sleepy Blue Ridge Mountain hamlet of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, 35-year-old spinster Ave Maria Mulligan discovers a skeleton in her closet that has her juggling several marriage proposals and conducting a no-holds-barred family feud.
Author
Series
Viola Chesterton books volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
When fourteen-year-old Viola is sent from her beloved Brooklyn to boarding school in Indiana for ninth grade, she overcomes her initial reservations as she makes friends with her roommates, goes on a real date, and uses the unsettling ghost she keeps seeing as the subject of a short film--her first.
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Mia Valentina Amore loves valentines. After all, her name means My Valentine. When she wakes up on Valentine's Day, it looks like just another morning in the rickety old Amore house in the Blue Ridge mountains of Appalachia. But over the course of the day, her home is transformed into the House of Love. Mia and her mama festoon the halls, build a gumdrop tree, bake cupcakes, and most importantly, make valentines for all six of her siblings. But when...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"The beloved New York Times bestselling author shares a treasure trove of insight and guidance from her two grandmothers-time-tested common sense advice on the most important aspects of a woman's life, from childhood to old age"--
19) Big Stone Gap
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Set in a small town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, a woman finds her life disrupted when she learns of a long-buried family secret.
20) Then came you
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Suddenly widowed, Annabelle Wilson makes a sudden decision to sell her home and travel the world. On her first stop, she meets Lord Howard Awd, the weathered inn-owner of the castle she's residing in for the week. As time progresses, Annabelle and Howard find themselves drawn to one another, becoming closer as they share secrets they've never told anyone else. There's only one issue in what seems to be a match made in heaven: Howard is getting married...