Very Valentine

The Angelini Shoe Company, one of the last family-owned businesses in Greenwich Village, has been making exquisite wedding shoes since 1903 but now teeters on the brink of financial collapse. To save their business from ruin, thirty-three-year-old Valentine Roncalli?apprentice to and granddaughter of master artisan Teodora Angelini?must bring the family's old-world craftsmanship into the twenty-first century. Juggling her budding romance with dashing chef Roman Falconi, her duty to her family, and a design challenge presented by a prestigious department store, Valentine returns to Italy with her grandmother in a quest to build a pair of glorious shoes to beat their rivals. And in the course of discovering her true artistic voice and so much more in la bella Italia, Valentine will be turning her life and the business upside down in ways she never expected.

New York Times BestsellerReading List Selection by American Library AssociationLifetime original movie, starring Jacqueline Bissett and Kelen ColemanSex and the City meets Moonstruckthis first in a new trilogy from Trigiani is sly, sensual and dripping in style.People Poignant, funny, warm, and red hot, Very Valentine is a wonderful treat for Adriana Trigiani fansa delightful (Boston Globe), romance-soaked novel (Marie Claire) from much adored playwright, screenwriter, documentary filmmaker, and New York Times bestselling author ofThe Shoemaker'sWife, All the Stars in the Heavens andThe Supreme Macaroni Company. The adventures of an extraordinary and unforgettable woman as she attempts to rescue her familys struggling shoe business and find love at the same time, Very Valentine sweeps the reader from the streets of Manhattan to the picturesque hills of Italy.Here is yetanother novelfrom the incomparable Trigiani that will steal your heart.

The Angelini Shoe Company, one of the last family-owned businesses in Greenwich Village, has been making exquisite wedding shoes since 1903 but now teeters on the brink of financial collapse. To save their business from ruin, thirty-three-year-old Valentine Roncalliapprentice to and granddaughter of master artisan Teodora Angelinimust bring the family's old-world craftsmanship into the twenty-first century. Juggling her budding romance with dashing chef Roman Falconi, her duty to her family, and a design challenge presented by a prestigious department store, Valentine returns to Italy with her grandmother in a quest to build a pair of glorious shoes to beat their rivals. And in the course of discovering her true artistic voice and so much more in la bella Italia, Valentine will be turning her life and the business upside down in ways she never expected.