Life, love and family...Italian style!,
January 3, 2014
This third book in the series, after
Very Valentine: A Novel and
Brava, Valentine: A Novel,
is definitely not a stand-alone so you will most certainly need to have
read those others prior to starting it to get the full scope of the
trilogy. This one was not as happy and fun for me, it didn't create the
same mood and feelings that the previous books had. In fact, it was very
sad. I had enjoyed the other books because of the connection they
provided to my own memories of family and food and work. I always felt
that Trigiani had the uncanny ability to make me taste the food, see the
sights, smell the scents, and touch the fabric of the materials used in
creation of the shoes. I truly reveled in the details of the
wonderfully chaotic and mostly happy life led by Valentine Roncalli and
her large Italian clan. I wish this had ended differently.
Overall,
I enjoyed the series despite not ever really liking the main character,
Valentine Roncalli, since most of the time I just wanted to shake her
and tell her to stop being so self-centered and single-minded. I
eventually developed some empathy for her and grew to admire her
struggles to save the Angelini Shoe Company and continue the family
legacy.
This series is one any fan of Trigiani's work won't want
to miss. It was a sentimental and moving story of a very interesting
family business and their interwoven lives.
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