The Shoemaker's Wife
The majestic and haunting beauty of the Italian Alps is the setting of the first meeting of Enza, a practical beauty, and Ciro, a strapping mountain boy, who meet as teenagers, despite growing up in villages just a few miles apart. At the turn of the last century, when Ciro catches the local...
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The majestic and haunting beauty of the Italian Alps is the setting of the first meeting of Enza, a practical beauty, and Ciro, a strapping mountain boy, who meet as teenagers, despite growing up in villages just a few miles apart. At the turn of the last century, when Ciro catches the local priest in a scandal, he is banished from his village and sent to hide in America a
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B006ICVOUO
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
The Shoemaker's Wife, by Adriana Trigiani (2012) I found this book to be nearly unreadable. The novel follows two young lovers from the Italian Alps who emigrated to the United States. They were both so goody-goody, that I got bored with reading about them. 2 Stars Read: October 10, 2016
With all the 5-star reviews, perhaps my expectations of this novel were a little high. It had all the elements of the classics that I love so much - the abandoned child whose few prospects all but disappear by a cruel twist of fate, the star crossed lovers who against all odds meet up again halfway...
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