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View from Lake Como – Trigiani Adriana – Phantom Press – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-907943-20-9

View from Lake Como
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After her divorce, Jess Baratta returns to her parents' home in Lake Como, New Jersey, surrounded only by her family and their desires and demands, and a job with her uncle, who sells Italian marble. For so long, she's put others' needs above her own and defined herself through loyalty to tradition and duty that she's completely forgotten what she wants for herself. The unexpected death of her uncle, who leaves her the business along with a burden of debts and secrets, forces Jess to question everything she knew about her family. Wanting a fresh start, she leaves for Italy, the ancestral homeland of her ancestors. The beauty of Tuscany, a new social circle, and a meeting with an attractive gilder give her a taste of a different life—for the first time, Jess feels like she belongs and finds hope for happiness. But will she be able to free herself from the weight of others' expectations and find independence? Or will the shadows of her past force her back?

Adriana Trigiani's new novel is a captivating, Italian-inspired story about coming of age, albeit belatedly, about the close family ties that provide support but also deprive one of freedom, and about the courage it takes to find one's own voice.
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