The Shoemaker's Wife - Adriana Trigiani

The Shoemaker's Wife

By Adriana Trigiani

  • Release Date: 2012-04-03
  • Genre: Historical Romance
Score: 4
4
From 1,201 Ratings

Description

"…an old-fashioned, romantic tale of two star-tangled lovers...but also a paean to artisanal work, food, friendship and family…Trigiani is a master of palpable and visual detail." — Washington Post

Beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani returns with the most epic and ambitious novel of her career—a breathtaking multigenerational love story that spans two continents, two World Wars, and the quest of two star-crossed lovers to find each other again.

The Shoemaker's Wife is replete with the all the page-turning adventure, sumptuous detail, and heart-stopping romance that has made Adriana Trigiani, “one of the reigning queens of women’s fiction” (USA Today). Fans of Trigiani’s sweeping family dramas like Big Stone Gap and Lucia, Lucia will love her latest masterpiece, a book Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help, calls “totally new and completely wonderful: a rich, sweeping epic which tells the story of the women and men who built America dream by dream.”

Reviews

  • Uneventful read

    2
    By pgomez123
    Started off decent but then got too cheesy for me. I had to force myself to get through it.

  • Great Book

    5
    By soozet
    One of the best books I’ve read. LOVE the depth of the author....Just bought her next book. Thanks for a great adventure as I felt part of this lovely family! You are a fabulous writer!

  • Great Read!

    5
    By Broccoli Betty
    This story takes you on a journey of Italian love! This is an author who will pick you up and hold you until the final word. Definitely recommend!

  • Written by a teenager?

    1
    By HolkyK
    There’s no complexity, not one word I needed to lookup, boring dialogue, lifeless plot.

  • Cute love story

    3
    By Yamiler23
    Difficult to read through some parts.

  • Little more than a well-written Harlequin Romance

    2
    By KnowsEnglish
    The author creates a strong, creative, smart woman and then has this woman make the most ridiculous, weak-willed, give-up-everything-for-some-guy-you-met-for-five-minutes-a-hundred-years-ago, googly-eyed pre-teen girl decisions about her life. Made me want to throw my iPad across the room. If you like stories in which strong women give up everything to be with a poor guy because he's a hunk, then you'll like this book.

  • Beautiful

    5
    By Chim00Chim
    I loved this book!! I have not read any of Adriana Trigiani’s books before but I am lookig forward to reading more. The Italian scenery she describes is beautiful and vivid, and the characters I fell in love with. Truely an all time favorite for me.

  • Shoemaker's Wife

    5
    By Lit Afficianado
    A superb tapestry of Italian family heritage woven into the fabric of immigrant adjustment to life in America... the blend of historical and cultural detail in the lives of this fictional family held me spellbound! I just wish I could have read beyond the last page to know how Enza's return to Italy turned out!

  • The Shoemakers Wife

    4
    By KSWKF
    A book about entire lifetimes. Thank you for after endearing the characters to me for then going beyond "they fall in love and get married". Also a heart warming book filled with history and real love.

  • Don't bother

    2
    By Sleffz
    Sappy and formulaic....it hooks you but then drags on relentlessly for another 400 pages.

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