Viola in Reel Life, Adriana Trigiani
Viola in Reel Life, Adriana Trigiani
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Viola in Reel Life

Author: Adriana Trigiani

Series: Viola #1

Narrator: Carlotta Brentan

Unabridged: 6 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/16/2020

Synopsis

I'm marooned.

Abandoned.

Left to rot in boarding school . . .

Viola doesn't want to go to boarding school, but somehow she ends up at an all-girls school in South Bend, Indiana, far, far away from her home in Brooklyn, New York. Now Viola is stuck for a whole year in the sherbet-colored sweater capital of the world.

Ick.

There's no way Viola's going to survive the year—especially since she has to replace her best friend Andrew with three new roommates who, disturbingly, actually seem to like it there. She resorts to viewing the world (and hiding) behind the lens of her video camera.

Boarding school, though, and her roommates and even the Midwest are nothing like she thought they would be, and soon Viola realizes she may be in for the most incredible year of her life.

But first she has to put the camera down and let the world in.

About The Author

Adriana Trigiani is the New York Times bestselling author of eighteen books in fiction and nonfiction, published in 38 languages. Her screen adaptation of her bestselling novel Very Valentine premiered on Lifetime television in 2019. She wrote and directed the award-winning major motion picture Big Stone Gap, based on her debut novel, filmed entirely on location in her Virginia hometown. Adriana co-founded The Origin Project, an in-school writing program which serves over 1,700 students in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. She lives in New York City with her family.Follow Adriana on Facebook and Instagram @AdrianaTrigiani or visit her website at AdrianaTrigiani.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Valerie on January 09, 2010

Complaints: -Viola seems like your typical spoiled only child -definite stereotype. -There is continuous mentioning of how GREAT NEW YORK IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (New York may be a great place yes but constant mentioning of anything gets annoying after a while) -Acronyms are overused. Using acronyms......more

Goodreads review by Trisha on July 09, 2017

Adorable cover with adorable yellow shoes. I wanted to love this one - but I started it as an audio book. I spent hours with the reader - to well past the 100 page mark - and her voice just got to me. It was awful - like nails down a chalkboard. And I think, because of that first intro, and because V......more

Goodreads review by Dayla on August 30, 2012

Review first appeared on my blog: Book Addict 24-7 I came across Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani, the first in the Viola series, a year or so ago and finally got around to reading it while on my trip. This was a surprisingly quick read, yet it lacked a few qualities that would normally make a......more

Goodreads review by Nely on December 29, 2009

Viola Chesterson has been “abandoned” at the Prefect Academy for Young Women in South Bend, Indiana - an all-girls boarding school and horribly far away from her home in Brooklyn, New York - by her parents who are abroad working on a documentary. She is devastated, sad, lonely - she misses her home,......more

Goodreads review by Erin on February 18, 2010

This was a very cute coming of age book about a 14 year old girl named Viola, who gets sent to a all girls school in Indiana while her parents film a documentary in Afghanistan. I really enjoyed the film aspects because that is something that I don't know a lot about. I related a lot to Viola, she i......more

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