"Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story is fun and funny,
wonderfully exuberant, and incredibly wise. These endearing
characters--their voices and stories-- will be with me for a long
time to come. I didn't want to say good-bye." -Jill McCorkle, New
York Times bestselling author of Hieroglyphics An utterly
delightful and surprising family drama--think Moonstruck and My Big
Fat Greek Wedding set in New Jersey--about a boisterous,
complicated Italian family determined to help their widowed mother
find a new boyfriend. Lively widow Varina Palladino has lived in
the same house in Wyldale, New Jersey, her entire life. The town
might be slightly stuck in the 1960s, when small businesses thrived
and most residents were Italian, but its population is getting
younger and the Palladinos are embracing the change. What Varina's
not embracing, much to her ninety-two-year-old mother's dismay, is
dating. Running Palladino's Italian Specialties grocery, caring for
her mother, and keeping her large, loud Jersey Italian family from
killing one another takes up all of Varina's energy anyway. Sylvia
Spini worries about her daughter Varina being left all alone when
she dies. Sylvia knows what it is to be old and alone, so when her
granddaughter, Donatella, comes to her with an ill-conceived plan
to find Varina a man, Sylvia dives in. The three men of the
family--Dante, Tommy, and Paulie--are each secretly plotting their
own big life changes, which will throw everyone for a loop. Three
generations of Palladinos butt heads and break one another's hearts
as they wrestle with their own Jersey Italian love stories in this
hilarious and life-affirming ode to love and family.
General
| Imprint: |
Collins
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
2024 |
| Authors: |
Terri-Lynne Defino
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 135mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
416 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-06-322844-3 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-06-322844-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780063228443 |
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