Lucia, Lucia

Immediately, I *hated* the frame story. The opening character, Kit, is a struggling playwright living in Greenwich Village who ventures up to the apartment of the aged but elegant "Aunt Lu" and has tea while listening to her story, which is the basis of the book. My dislike of the frame only got wor Leggi tutto

so i just finished listening to this book read by Mira Sorvino. i liked it but i find it hard to believe that Lucia's life decisions really made her happy. i don't know how a person could love their job more than having a life with people you love. i think she would have felt quite lonely in her lif Leggi tutto

This is the first novel that I have read by Trigiani, and I am totally hooked with her writing, and can't wait to get started on Rococo, which is now sitting on my nightstand. Kit is a young career girl and aspiring playwright living in an aging apartment building in Greenwich Village in the early 2 Leggi tutto

This will definitely go into my "favorites" bookshelf. I thoroughly enjoyed this story. Although funny and heartwarming most of the time, the story did have some very sad moments but isn't that how life is anyway? Lucia Sartori is the kind of leading female character I adore. She is strong-willed wi Leggi tutto

I loved this book! This was my first Adriana Trigiani book and definitely will not be my last. Lucia was such a beautiful character that I absolutely fell in love with. The time, the location, the Italian culture...it all weaved together to make a story that just resonated in me. I loved the loyalty Leggi tutto

As a fan of the Big Stone Gap books, I was eager to read more by Adriana Trigiani and quickly devoured this book. Set in New York's Greenwhich Village during the 1950s/ 1960s the book is narrated by Lucia Santori, the only daughter and youngest child of a large, boisterous Italian family.The book be Leggi tutto

This book started strong, and kept me going through the middle. It is a believable tale of a close Italian family and a passionate young Italian girl. The family goes through all kinds of life changing events together, and I love how they all react and then move on together. Then, the book takes a l Leggi tutto

I don't think 40 plus years working in a department store is happiness. The book focuses on the happy/sad events of one or two years of life, with the mink coat symbolizing that time. Lucia even says that she wears the coat because it is her life's story. Life isn't about a short time with decisions Leggi tutto

I couldn't put this book down--I absolutely loved it. Lucia is a wonderful protagonist, and one with whom I completely related. The setting of the book is completely engaging, and I believed all the characters. Didn't love the bookend framing technique set in present day, but the rest of the book wa Leggi tutto

I Love all the story wraped nicely by the story of someone that at first barely noticed except as an old lady who's always dress nice and wearing long jacket everywhere she go. Lucia is the only daughter in an Italian/American family in the 1950s. She's an accomplished seamstress and works in a famo Leggi tutto