Very Valentine / Adriana Trigiani / 367 pages

Adriana Trigiani is a wonderful, engaging writer. Her books have humor, pathos, romance, angst, family relations, and inviting storylines. In Very Valentine, we meet the "funny one" daughter Valentine and her wonderful, extended Italian family. This is the first of a trilogy...next book up is Brava Valentine. Very Valentine is a great story that will have you laughing, sighing, and cheering. The descriptions of Italian dishes are very enticing as well...except for the squid ink linguine. I really would like to have a pair of those custom shoes too!