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The View from Lake Como

The View from Lake Como

Summary

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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

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About the author

Adriana Trigiani

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.

Listen to Adriana and the luminaries of our times discuss the books that built their souls on the You Are What You Read podcast, available everywhere. https://linktr.ee/youarewhatyoureadpodcast
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