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Zusatztext ?an old-fashioned! romantic tale of two star-tangled lovers...but also a paean to artisanal work! food! friendship and family?Trigiani is a master of palpable and visual detail. Informationen zum Autor Beloved by millions of readers around the world for her "dazzling" novels ( USA Today ), Adriana Trigiani is “a master of palpable and visual detail” ( Washington Post ) and “a comedy writer with a heart of gold” ( New York Times ). She is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including her latest, The Good Left Undone- an instant New York Times best seller, Book of the Month pick and People’s Book of the Week. Her work is published in 38 languages around the world. An award-winning playwright, television writer/producer and filmmaker, Adriana’s screen credits include writer/director of the major motion picture of her debut novel, Big Stone Gap , the adaptation of her novel Very Valentine and director of Then Came You . Adriana grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where she co-founded The Origin Project , an in-school writing program serving over 1,700 students in Appalachia. She is at work on her next novel for Dutton at Penguin Random House. Follow Adriana on Facebook and Instagram @AdrianaTrigiani and on TikTok @AdrianaTrigianiAuthor or visit her website: AdrianaTrigiani.com. Join Adriana’s Facebook LIVE show, Adriana Ink , in conversation with the world’s greatest authors- Tuesdays at 3 PM EST! For more from Adriana’s interviews, you can subscribe to her Meta “Bulletin” column, Adriana Spills the Ink : adrianatrigiani.bulletin.com/subscribe. Klappentext High in the Italian Alps at the turn of the twentieth century, Ciro, a strapping mountain boy, meets Enza, a practical beauty. But when scandal rocks Ciro's tiny village, unbeknownst to Enza, he is sent to hide in America. When disaster strikes Enza's family, she, too, is forced to go to America. Ciro and Enza build fledgling lives—until fate intervenes and reunites them. But it is too late: Ciro has volunteered to serve in World War I and Enza finds success in the costume department of the Metropolitan Opera House. Over time, these star-crossed lovers meet and separate, until the power of their love changes both of their lives forever. Inspired by Trigiani's own family history, The Shoemaker's Wife defines an era with operatic scope that will live on in the imagina-tions of readers for years to come. Zusammenfassung Beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani returns with the most epic and ambitious novel of her career—a breathtaking multigenerational love story that spans two continents! two World Wars! and the quest of two star-crossed lovers to find each other again. The Shoemaker's Wife is replete with the all the page-turning adventure! sumptuous detail! and heart-stopping romance that has made Adriana Trigiani! “one of the reigning queens of women’s fiction” ( USA Today ). Fans of Trigiani’s sweeping family dramas like Big Stone Gap and Lucia! Lucia will love her latest masterpiece! a book Kathryn Stockett! author of The Help ! calls “totally new and completely wonderful: a rich! sweeping epic which tells the story of the women and men who built America dream by dream.” ...
