Lucia, Lucia: A Novel

Adriana Trigiani

Jul 2003 · Sold by Random House

About this ebook

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This heartwarming tale is full of lessons about taking risks in life and love.”—Cosmopolitan
 
“Funny, visual, and moving . . . A vibrant, loving, wistful portrait of a lost time and place.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch
 
It is 1950 in glittering, vibrant New York City, and Lucia Sartori is the beautiful twenty-five-year-old daughter of a prosperous Italian grocer in Greenwich Village. The postwar boom is rife with opportunities for talented girls with ambition, and Lucia becomes an apprentice to an up-and-coming designer at chic B. Altman department store on Fifth Avenue. Engaged to her childhood sweetheart, the steadfast Dante DeMartino, Lucia is torn when she meets a handsome stranger who promises a life of uptown luxury that career girls like her only read about in the society pages. 
 
Forced to choose between duty to her family and her own dreams, Lucia finds herself in the midst of a sizzling scandal in which secrets are revealed, her beloved career is jeopardized, and the Sartoris’ honor is tested.

Ratings and reviews

An enchanting narrative of an era that could produce the rich characters as those of Lucia, her family and the amazing people within it. I am a California valley girl and have enjoyed this completely different flavor of living, yet thrilled to find many wonderful similarities. Also, after enjoying the cast of Big Gap in your books, I am really looking forward to seeing them in the movies! TY.

I read this book when it first came out, and read it again. It is full of imagery, it will transport you to the place and time, and the plot's twists and turns and surprise ending will keep you reading for hours. It is a timeless masterpiece

Truly loved this book. I really enjoyed reading about the Italian family tradition,especially since I am Italian and grew up the same way. I would recommend this book, I couldn't put it down. Loved all the characters

About the author

Adriana Trigiani grew up in Virginia and now lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. She is an award-winning playwright, television writer, and documentary filmmaker. Trigiani is the author of the bestselling novels Big Stone Gap, Big Cherry Holler, and Milk Glass Moon, and has written the screenplay for the movie Big Stone Gap, which she will also direct. She can be reached at www.adrianatrigiani.com.