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Very Valentine Paperback – 1 November 2014

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Meet Valentine, an unforgettable and passionate woman with a heart and a dream as big as New York City. Her dream? To design the perfect pair of shoes …

The Angelini Shoe Company, makers of exquisite wedding shoes since 1903, is one of the last family-owned businesses in Greenwich Village. Now, in the twenty-first century, the company run so devotedly by Valentine and her grandmother Teodora faces financial ruin. Juggling a romantic relationship with dashing chef Roman Falconi, her duty to her family, and a design competition for a prestigious department store, Valentine accompanies her grandmother to Italy in the hope of finding inspiration. There, in Tuscany and on the Isle of Capri, she discovers her artistic voice and much more, turning her life around in ways she never expected.

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Publisher : Simon & Schuster UK; Reissue edition (1 November 2014)
Language : English
Paperback : 432 pages
ISBN-10 : 1471133370
ISBN-13 : 978-1471133374
Dimensions : 13 x 2.79 x 19.81 cm

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- 38,935 in Contemporary Women's Fiction

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Adriana Trigiani grew up in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and now lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. In addition to being the author of Big Stone Gap, Big Cherry Holler, Milk Glass Moon and Lucia, Lucia, Adriana is an award-winning playwright, television writer, and documentary filmmaker. Lucia, Lucia was nominated for Richard and Judy's 'Best Read', 2004. She has written the screen adaptation of her novel Big Stone Gap, which she will also direct.

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Vivien Hughes

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Reviewed in Australia on 26 November 2014

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Keith Crawford

Entertaining, engaging and thoroughly researched - a delight.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 September 2020

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Thirty-three-year-old Valentine Roncalli is an apprentice shoemaker in her family business, learning to craft beautiful hand-made shoes from her grandmother while enduring the pressure from her Italian-American family to find a man and settle down. Just as she discovers the family business is in seriously financial difficulty, she meets Roman, a successful chef, and the possibility of a relationship with somebody who understands the pressures of her work becomes real. But what does Valentine really want?

Two things made me want to dislike this book. First, as a European, it annoys me when Americans call themselves Italians. Italians are Italians. They come from Italy.

Second, we are past 10% into the book before an initiating event occurs that starts the story moving. That’s 10% of the book that is pure introduction, exposition and wondering if something is going to happen soon.

I'm telling you this so you know Trigiani won me over in spite of all this.

The Italian American problem didn’t matter so much because Trigiani is able to vividly reproduce this American subculture with writing that is both beautiful and funny. Thus 10% of the book being exposition feels like having dinner with someone delightful sharing stories about a family wedding. It doesn’t matter what I think about American’s imagining they’re Italians – Trigiani shows us what this means to them and how it permeates their lives.

As for the romance, this is a love story between Valentine and her dream – making shoes - as much as it is Valentine and Roman. As her relationships help her discover more about herself, you’ll join a journey of self-discover and self-affirmation delightfully positive and real. The research into shoemaking is top notch and Trigiani writes this so well it fascinates

I rather miss Valentine now the book is finished – although this is the first of a trilogy so I can always find out what happens next. But this book was satisfying, complete, and human. I wouldn’t hesitate to read more of this author’s work

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Very readable but not as good as the Big Stone Gap series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 March 2010

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One of the interesting and original things about this book is that one of the primary characters is a 79 year old career woman. Teodora was one of my favourite characters and I would love to read a book about her earlier life. There are also a number of humorous moments - I particularly liked Valentine's Dad. This is an enjoyable and well written story - my only major complaint is the endless detailed descriptions of what people are wearing(other than shoes.)Personally I was more interested in the plot and the characters and all the description got in the way of this.I loved the Big Stone Gap series and unfortunately this one is not quite as good. Saying that I do look forward to seeing how the story continues in the next installment.

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Rachel Downton

Nice book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 July 2018

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It’s difficult to find a book these days that’s not full of demons, werewolves, murder most horrid, and the undead, but this book includes none of those. This is a very nice, gentle read with a very gentle and interesting story. Having grown up within an Italian family this certainly feels like home. Would recommend.

Gordon Dawson

A magnificent story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 June 2014

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Having previously read "The shoemakers wife" Very Valentine was the perfect follow up. I did not wane to put it down, my bedyime got later & later. I have now read "Encore Valentine and it was another great story to follow Ever Valentine.I'm sur there will be a further story from Adriana Trigiani to follow. I can't wait.
A truly superb pair of books,

TrishVB

It's many America-related references may work less well for the US-uninitiated but on the whole I'd probably recommend it as a l

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 December 2014

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This is a compelling story, if not rather too predictable. It's many America-related references may work less well for the US-uninitiated but on the whole I'd probably recommend it as a light, frivolous antidote to heftier daily brain-gym workouts.

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