The View from Lake Como

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Set on the glittering shores of Lake Como comes the new novel of love, second chances, and making your own fate, from the Sunday Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani 
 Recently divorced, Jess Capodimonte Baratta is helping her Uncle Louie with his marble business from her parents’ basement in Lake Como, New Jersey. When an unexpected loss within the family unearths long-buried secrets that make Jess question where her loyalties lie, she decides a change of scene is needed, and escapes to Carrara, Italy - her ancestral home. 
 
 From the shadows of the majestic marble-capped mountains of Tuscany to the glittering streets of Milan and the enchanting shores of Lake Como, Jess soon feels a sense of belonging in her new country. And when she meets dreamy Angelo Strazza, a passionate artist, it feels like she is finally where she is meant to be. But as further revelations about her family history come to light, it becomes clear that Italy cannot be her hiding place forever. 
 Will the dark truths of her ancestral past send her back home? 
 Or help her finally live life on her own terms? 
 
Praise for The Good Left Undone: 
 
'A storyteller second to none' HEATHER MORRIS 
 
'Trigiani never fails to sweep you away . . . an emotional and beautiful tale of family, love, and loss' TAYLOR JENKINS REID 
 
'Gorgeous' SARAH JESSICA PARKER 
 
'A big, beautiful, wonderful book; romantic, moving, transporting, affecting' LOUISE DOUGLAS 
 
'An unforgettable historical epic' LISA JEWELL 
 
'At once epic and intimate . . . A delightful novel' JESS WALTER 
 
'An exquisite portrait of love, loss, the ravages of time and the price a family pays for its secrets' KRISTIN HANNAH

Praise for The Good Left Undone

Trigiani never fails to sweep you away . . . an emotional and beautiful tale of family, love, and loss

A big, beautiful, wonderful book; romantic, moving, transporting, affecting

An exquisite portrait of love, loss, the ravages of time and the price a family pays for its secrets

Adriana Trigiani is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books of fiction and nonfiction published in thirty-eight languages. In 2023, President Sergio Mattarella of Italy named her Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia. She is an award-winning playwright, television writer/producer, and filmmaker. Among her screen credits, Trigiani wrote and directed the major motion picture adaptation of her debut novel, Big Stone Gap. Adriana grew up in Appalachia, in the mountains of southwest Virginia, where she cofounded the Origin Project, an in-school writing program. Trigiani is honored to serve on the New York State Council on the Arts. She lives in Greenwich Village with her family. 
 
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Lake Como, New Jersey: Jess Capodimonte Baratta is divorced, residing in her parents' basement and helping her Uncle Louie with his marble business. When she learns that her family made choices over the years that stifled her dreams, she furious. Determined to start living, she heads off to her family's ancestral home. 
 
In Italy, Jess finally begins to stand on her own two feet. But just as she's finding happiness with dreamy Angelo, she learns there is even more to her family story . . .Will the hidden corners of Uncle Louie's past send Jess back home? Or help her finally live life on her own terms?

Adriana Trigiani

The instant New York Times bestseller that will take you to sun-drenched mid-century Italy

Domenica Cabrelli had two great loves of her life. First, her childhood sweetheart, from the small, sun-drenched Italian town of Viareggio. A romance that was over before it had a chance to begin. Then, on an wartime French coastline, her second love affair - a mysterious captain, with a future on the front line. 
 
Decades later, Domenica's daughter, Matelda, unpacks her mother's legacy, and realises there is much Domenica left untold. About what kept her away from Italy for so long. What ultimately brought her home again. And the secret that that bound her two great loves together . .

Adriana Trigiani

The Good Left Undone

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