{"product_id":"brava-valentine-a-novel-isbn-9780061257087","title":"Brava, Valentine: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eBestseller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Delightful, energetic. . . . Trigiani is a seemingly effortless storyteller.” — \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning playwright, television writer, and documentary filmmaker Adriana Trigiani returns with \u003cem\u003eBrava, Valentine\u003c\/em\u003e, continuing the heartwarming and hilarious story of Valentine Roncalli, her family, her love life, and the Angelini Shoe Company. Following on the heels of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eVery Valentine\u003c\/em\u003e (hailed by \u003cem\u003ePeople \u003c\/em\u003emagazine as “\u003cem\u003eSex and the City\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eMoonstruck\u003c\/em\u003e”), \u003cem\u003eBrava, Valentine\u003c\/em\u003e is another tour-de-force from the beloved author of bestselling novels \u003cem\u003eLucia, Lucia, The Queen of the Big Time,\u003c\/em\u003e and the Big Stone Gap series.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eWhen Valentine's grandmother begins a new life in Italy, she places Valentine and her nemesis, her brother Alfred, \"the Prince,\" as partners at the Angelini Shoe Company, makers of handcrafted wedding shoes since 1903. A once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity takes Valentine from the winding streets of Greenwich Village to the sun-kissed cobblestones of Buenos Aires, where she unearths a long-buried family secret and finds herself torn between a past love that nurtured her and a new one that promises to sustain her, in this \"dazzling\" (\u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e) follow-up to \u003cem\u003eVery Valentine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Well crafted work with sometime lyrical, sometimes flat-out-funny writing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFort Worth Star-Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Trigiani has certainly not lost her ability to breathe life into everything she writes.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoanoke Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Adriana Trigiani listens to her readers, then gives them what they want. That’s why they’ll be ecstatic about her newest novel.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A sweet and sexy love story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eToday Show\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Trigiani’s endearing heroine, Valentine, struggles to balance her life as a shoe designer with her love life. A smart chick-lit read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople (Style Watch Edition)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Valentine is one of Adriana Trigiani’s most winsome characters (yes, she even rivals the Big Stone Gap gang).... Brava, Valentine is laugh-out-loud funny...but it’s also an unexpectedly poignant examination of the power and  pull of family, faith and love.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Load up on cappucino and biscotti before getting lost in the super froth of Adriana Trigiani’s romance-soaked novel, Very Valentine.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Trigiani spoke to women’s hearts with Big Stone Gap, and her Valentine series continues to do so. Brimming over with life, her latest will be essential reading for fans of humorous, touching family fiction. Trigiani’s readers will be hard-pressed to wait a year for the final installment, Ciao, Valentine.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] charming valentine to love, forgiveness, and family.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887785242853,"sku":"NP9780061257087","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061257087.jpg?v=1730227464","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/brava-valentine-a-novel-isbn-9780061257087","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}