by Adriana Trigiani
I enjoyed my time with this book. The characters are original and the setting feels authentic. There's humor and tragedy and great southern charm. I'm definitely continuing the series.
It's 1978 in the small town of Big Stone Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and thirty-five year old Ave Maria Mulligan is a “ferriner" not just because her mother is Italian. Her best friend Theodore is called that just because he wasn't born there. She has reason to feel even more of an ...
A good read set in my home state. I liked it but I'm not sure I liked enough to read anything else by the author. It's been 6 years since I read it so it's a good bet I won't be reading any of the others in this series and probably nothing else by this author.
Adriana Trigiani became a favorite author of mine after reading Big Stone Gap. Great story, and characters! I loved Jack Mack, what a cutie!
I really enjoyed this one, a nice easy read, fun, the kind of book that makes you smile when you are finished. The characters are well developed and quirky and full of flavor! I can't wait to read the other books in the series. :)
If I had to guess, I'd say Ave Maria is Adriana Trigiani's unique heroine. She's Italian, like the rest, but lives in the Appalachians. She owned, then sold and worked at, a drugstore. She was the town spinster and enjoyed small-town life. She had issues with her mother, recently deceased, who had n...
Number 1 in the Big Stone Gap series. Very enjoyable read!
I've read all the Big Stone Gap novels, just for fun. This first one is really the best one. Brain candy, maybe, but lots of fun, colorful characters, and the story is cool.
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