The Supreme Macaroni Company, Adriana Trigiani
The Supreme Macaroni Company, Adriana Trigiani
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The Supreme Macaroni Company
A Novel

Author: Adriana Trigiani

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 9 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/26/2013


Synopsis

New York Times Bestseller • Publishers Weekly Bestseller  In The Supreme Macaroni Company, bestselling author Adriana Trigiani weaves a heartbreaking story that begins on the eve of a wedding in New York's Greenwich Village and culminates in beautiful Tuscany. Family, work, romance, and the unexpected twists of life and fate all come together in an unforgettable narrative that Trigiani fans will adore.For over a hundred years, the Angelini Shoe Company in Greenwich Village has relied on the leather produced by Vechiarelli & Son in Tuscany. This ancient business partnership provides the twist of fate for Valentine Roncalli, the schoolteacher turned shoemaker, to fall in love with Gianluca Vechiarelli, a tanner with a complex past . . . and a secret.But after the wedding celebrations are over, Valentine wakes up to the hard reality of juggling the demands of a new business and the needs of her new family. Confronted with painful choices, Valentine remembers the wise words that inspired her in the early days of her beloved Angelini Shoe Company: ""A person who can build a pair of shoes can do just about anything."" Now the proud, passionate Valentine is going to fight for everything she wants and savor all she deserves—the bitter and the sweet of life itself.

About Adriana Trigiani

Beloved by millions of readers around the world for her ""dazzling"" novels (USA Today), Adriana Trigiani is “a master of palpable and visual detail” (Washington Post) and “a comedy writer with a heart of gold” (New York Times). She is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including her latest, The Good Left Undone- an instant New York Times best seller, Book of the Month pick and People’s Book of the Week. Her work is published in 38 languages around the world. An award-winning playwright, television writer/producer and filmmaker, Adriana’s screen credits include writer/director of the major motion picture of her debut novel, Big Stone Gap, the adaptation of her novel Very Valentine and director of Then Came You. Adriana grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where she co-founded The Origin Project, an in-school writing program serving over 1,700 students in Appalachia. She is at work on her next novel for Dutton at Penguin Random House. Follow Adriana on Facebook and Instagram @AdrianaTrigiani and on TikTok @AdrianaTrigianiAuthor or visit her website: AdrianaTrigiani.com. Join Adriana’s Facebook LIVE show, Adriana Ink, in conversation with the world’s greatest authors- Tuesdays at 3 PM EST! For more from Adriana’s interviews, you can subscribe to her Meta “Bulletin” column, Adriana Spills the Ink: adrianatrigiani.bulletin.com/subscribe.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Susan on December 02, 2013

I have long been a fan of the novels of Adriana Trigiani. I particularly enjoyed reading about Valentine Roncalli, a designer of custom made shoes and her big Italian family. "The Supreme Macaroni Company" is, I believe, the third book in a trilogy about Valentine and her family and her family's bus......more

Goodreads review by Gloria ~ on October 08, 2019

I am a die-hard-Trigiani-fan. It is very difficult for me to give this author anything less than a 4 star rating, but feel compelled to in this case. The substance of the plot-line just wasn’t enough to make this a compelling un-put-downable novel for me, as hers usually are. Yes, there is still the......more

Goodreads review by Patricia on January 08, 2022

A really good story by an author I always enjoy. This is a story about life, love and ambition and how a young woman who married an older man did not really know how much he loved her until he was gone. So it was a wonderful story,partly in the US and partly in Itally with beautiful descriptions of......more

Goodreads review by Maria on December 09, 2013

I love Adriana Trigiani. I do. I have read every one of her books. This one just left me flat. I am so sorry but it did. I was left with the feeling that the author just wanted to finish off this trilogy. There was so MUCH to work with and so little was really addressed and what was addressed was no......more

Goodreads review by Audrey on December 14, 2013

I did not like this book as much as I wanted to. I really like Adriana Trigiani and I was looking forward to reading it quite a bit...maybe the anticipation set my sights too high. The story line was pretty good but I felt like I couldn't get a bead on the characters, which may be due to the fact th......more