<![CDATA[The Queen of the Big Time]]>

false <![CDATA[The Queen of the Big Time]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171581132m/108289.jpg 108289 17 Known and loved around the world for her sweeping Big Stone Gap trilogy and the instant New York Times bestseller Lucia, Lucia, Adriana Trigiani returns to the charm and drama of small-town life with Queen of the Big Time. This heartfelt story of the limits and power of love chronicles the remarkable lives of the Castellucas, an Italian-American family, over the course of three generations. In the late 1800s, the residents of a small village in the Bari region of Italy, on the shores of the Adriatic Sea, made a mass migration to the promised land of America. They settled in Roseto, Pennsylvania, and re-created their former lives in their new home–down to the very last detail of who lived next door to whom. The village’s annual celebration of Our Lady of Mount Carmel–or “the Big Time,” as the occasion is called by the young women who compete to be the pageant’s Queen–is the centerpiece of Roseto’s colorful old-world tradition. The industrious Castellucas farm the land outside Roseto. Nella, the middle daughter of five, aspires to a genteel life “in town,” far from the rigors of farm life, which have taken a toll on her mother and forced her father to take extra work in the slate quarries to make ends meet. But Nella’s dreams of making her own fortune shift when she meets Renato Lanzara, the son of a prominent Roseto family. Renato is a worldly, handsome, devil-may-care poet who has a way with words that makes him irresistible. Their friendship ignites into a fiery romance that Nella is certain will lead to marriage. But Nella is not alone in her pursuit: every girl in town seems to want Renato. When he disappears without explanation, Nella is left with a shattered heart. Four years later, Renato’s sudden return to Roseto the night before Nella’s wedding to the steadfast Franco Zollerano leaves her and the Castelluca family shaken. For although Renato has chosen a path very different from Nella’s, they are fated to live and work in Roseto, where the past hangs over them like a brewing storm. An epic of small-town life, etched in glorious detail in the trademark Trigiani style, The Queen of the Big Time is the story of a determined, passionate woman who can never forget her first love. From the Hardcover edition. 2311950 2004 The Queen of the Big Time total:1536|5:311|4:616|3:497|2:100|1:12| 1536 5722 1913 170 0 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 05:15:51 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 05:27:21 -0800 2009 Lucia, Lucia and the one about the interior decorator (is that in the same town as this one? No, I think that might be set in New Jersey, not Pe...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 12:34:51 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 12:52:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 15:59:25 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 06:18:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 09:30:13 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 09:30:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 19:11:42 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 05:44:51 -0700 2009
The basis of it was a pretty good story. F...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 07 15:21:02 -0700 2007 Mon May 07 15:22:46 -0700 2007 just is written in a very heartfelt manner. Be sure to have kleenex nearby. It's the life of an Italian family starting in the 1900's.]]> 4 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Apr 03 19:56:22 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 03 19:56:23 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Sat May 19 06:07:17 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 10:59:57 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Thu Nov 06 09:54:47 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 10:33:10 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 07:39:13 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 07:52:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 09:08:49 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 09:13:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 09:48:27 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 09:48:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Aug 12 15:55:22 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 25 11:32:39 -0800 2008 In the late 1800s, the residents of a small village in the Bari region of Italy, on the shores of the Adriatic Sea, made a mass migration to the promised land: America. They settled in Roseto, Pennsylvania, and re-created their former lives in their new home-town to the very last detail of who lived...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Jul 31 08:46:25 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 00:37:49 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 2 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:16:42 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 07:19:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 16:58:46 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 22:02:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 07:58:51 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 08:12:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 01 11:05:03 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 11:06:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 03:24:02 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 03:28:25 -0800 2008 1 I think she captured perfectly the feelings of young love and innocence and the heartbreak and "never getting over y...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 11:36:04 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 11:55:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=108289