Adriana Trigiani Brings The Lake Como Show to Rhode Island!

Barrington Books in partnership with East Providence Library Foundation presents an evening with NYT Bestselling Author Adriana Trigiani in a pub-week celebration of her newest novel, THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO.

Barrington Books in partnership with East Providence Library Foundation presents an evening with NYT Bestselling Author Adriana Trigiani in a pub-week celebration of her newest novel, THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO.

Join us for a celebration of the women who created our families, held on to our traditions and left us with the greatest gift of all: the treasure of our memories of the time spent with them!

A Night of Comedy and Live Music with Mike Trigiani and the Predictables

All tickets include a copy of the hardcover book, and admission for one person to lecture followed by booksigning. Each attendee must have a ticket for admission. A portion of each ticket benefits the East Providence Public Library.

Be in the show! Adriana is requesting the wedding photos from your family archives for a special finale. Once you register, please visit this Google Form to share something special with the finale of the show.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

In blue-collar Lake Como, New Jersey, family comes first. Recently divorced from Bobby Bilancia, “the perfect husband," Jess moves into her parents’ basement to hide and heal. Jess is the overlooked daughter, who dutifully takes care of her parents, cooks Sunday dinner, and puts herself last. Despite her role as the family handmaiden, Jess is also a talented draftswoman in the marble business run by her dapper uncle Louie, who believes she can do anything (once she invests in a better wardrobe).

When the Capodimonte and Baratta families endure an unexpected loss, the shock unearths long-buried secrets that will force Jess to question her loyalty to those she trusted. Fueled by her lost dreams, Jess takes fate into her own hands and escapes to her ancestral home, Carrara, Italy.

From the shadows of the majestic marble-capped mountains of Tuscany, to the glittering streets of Milan, and on the shores of enchanting Lake Como (the other one), Jess begins to carve a place in this new/old world. When she meets Angelo Strazza, a passionate artist who works in gold, she discovers her own skills are priceless. But as Jess uncovers the truth about her family history, it will change the course of her life and those she loves the most forever. In love and work, in art and soul, Jess will need every tool she has mastered to reinvent her life.

Fed by the author’s cherished Italian roots comes a bighearted, hilarious novel of the moment: the story of one woman’s determination to live a creative life that matters, with enough room left over for love. With a one-way ticket to Italy, Jess is determined to write a new story on her own terms--this time, in stone.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Adriana Trigiani is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Good Left Undone, The Shoemaker's Wife and Lucia, Lucia. Her work has been published in thirty-eight languages around the world. An award-winning playwright, television writer/producer, and filmmaker, Trigiani wrote and directed the major motion picture of her debut novel, Big Stone Gap, adapted her novel, Very Valentine, for television, and directed the award-winning documentary, Queens of the Big Time, among others. Adriana was named Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia by President Sergio Mattarella of Italy. The Library of Virginia awarded her the Patron of Letters degree, their highest honor. Adriana grew up in the mountains of southwest Virginia, where she co-founded The Origin Project, a year round, in-school writing program that has served over 25,000 students since its inception in 2014. Trigiani is honored to serve on the New York State Council on the Arts. She lives in Greenwich Village with her family.

Host or Publisher Jennifer Massotti