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 Queen of the Big Time - Adriana Trigiani
Description: ISBN 0743462270 / Author: Adriana Trigiani / Genre: Fiction / Ambitious, determined and passionate, Nella Castelluca dreams of achieving ... more  Queen of the Big Time - Adriana Trigiani ... more than her humble roots allow - an education, and a good job. She lives on her family's farm on the outskirts of Roseto - a town of old world tradition whose annual centrepiece revolves around the Queen of the Big Time beauty pageant. When Nella meets the handsome, worldly, irresistible Renato Lanzara, she believes she has found the soulmate with whom to share her life journey, until an unexpected turn of events leaves her and her fellow townsfolk shaken and shocked.Newest Review: ... strong links with their homeland and its traditions. Nella's family is a large one, not well off, though working hard, and ... more ... achieving integration and acceptance, and the portrayal of her sisters is very well described, almost in a Laurie Lee fashion that endeared me to the story, and made me want to read more. Her descriptive writing is very good, though not really literature in a classic sense. What she does do is something that many fiction writers fail to, in that she pulls readers into wanting more, not being able to put the book down, or reaching a stage in the story where you think you can stop for the night, only to be pulled back ...more |
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Queen of the Big Time - Adriana Trigiani: CHICK LIT FOR THE THINKING CHICK (703 words)
by thingywhatsit - written on 15.11.06 (Very useful, 142 readings)
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If you like romantic fiction that is not too heavy to digest, then this is probably a good book for you. Adriana Trigiani has written quite a few books and is known mostly for her best-selling Lucia Lucia. Personally, I have never read her work before, and was unsure of what to expect, other than that it was romance, as the cover clearly displays a bride in a field of flowers. The book begins well with the introduction of the main character, Nella Castelluca, a farmers daughter brought up in America in the twenties, in a town called Roseto. I liked her character quite a lot, as she is portrayed as a strong willed girl with ideas and ambitions to get away from ...
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