The Supreme Macaroni Company by Adriana Trigiani

Title: The Supreme Macaroni Company
Author: Adriana Trigiani
Publisher: Harper
Publication Date: November 26, 2013
ISBN: 
Number of Pages: 352
How I Got It: Laura Fabiani 
Format: Paperback

About the book:

In The Supreme Macaroni Company, Adriana Trigiani transports readers from the cobblestone streets of Greenwich Village to lush New Orleans to Italy and back again while exploring the tricky dynamics between Old World craftsmanship and New World ambition, all amid a passionate love affair that fuels one woman's determination to have it all.

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.

Romantic and poignant, told with humor and warmth, and bursting with a cast of endearing characters, The Supreme Macaroni Company is a sumptuous feast of delights: an unforgettable narrative about family, work, romance, and the unexpected turns of life and fate.

About the author:

Adriana Trigiani is an award-winning playwright, television writer, and documentary filmmaker. Her books include the New York Times bestseller The Shoemaker's Wife; the Big Stone Gap series; Very Valentine; Brava, Valentine; Lucia, Lucia; and the bestselling memoir Don't Sing at the Table, as well as the young adult novels Viola in Reel Life and Viola in the Spotlight. She wrote the screenplay for Big Stone Gap, which she also directed. She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.

Connect with Adriana here: adrianatrigiani.com
Twitter: @adrianatrigiani
Facebook: facebook.com/adrianatrigiani

My Review:

I listened to the first two books of the Valentine series on audio and loved them. This book is a wonderful 3rd addition and I loved reading it as much as I enjoyed listening to the first two. I'm sure a lot of readers were excited that Valentine was getting married and going to have a wedding. I'm not interested in weddings but I did want Gianluca and Valentine to finally be together on the same continent, and not constantly being ships passing in the night. I also personally liked that the wedding wasn't the "big finish." Trigiani shows the difficulty of work / life balance and the constant compromises that come with a marriage.