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The View From Lake Como: A Novel

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7.9

Adriana Trigiani・・Ended

Updated: July 8, 2025

Content length: 416 pages

language: English

Source: amazon

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER Selected for CBS News New York's Book Club with Mary Calvi As seen on Good Morning America, The View, Good Day New York and featured on Katie Couric Media and Read with Jenna Open Book podcast PEOPLE: BEST NEW BOOKS An Elle Best Book of Summer 2025 USA Today Most Anticipated Read of Summer 2025 Publishers Weekly Most Anticipated Book of Summer 2025 From the beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, a “dazzling” storyteller (Washington Post), and a “comedy writer with a heart of gold” (NYT), comes a novel about one woman’s quest to build her own life before it’s too late. Jess Capodimonte Baratta is not living the life of her dreams. Not even close. In blue-collar Lake Como, New Jersey, family comes first. Recently divorced from Bobby Bilancia, “the perfect husband," Jess moves into her parents’ basement to hide and heal. Jess is the overlooked daughter, who dutifully takes care of her parents, cooks Sunday dinner, and puts herself last. Despite her role as the family handmaiden, Jess is also a talented draftswoman in the marble business run by her dapper uncle Louie, who believes she can do anything (once she invests in a better wardrobe).

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🌟 Editor’s Pick — Why It Belongs on Your Shelf

Adriana Trigiani’s novel follows Jess Capodimonte Baratta—recently divorced and back in her parents’ basement in blue-collar Lake Como, New Jersey—who inherits a tangle of family secrets and a calling she can’t ignore, then flies to Carrara to carve out a life on her own terms across the marble quarries, the fashion-bright streets of Milan, and the glittering shores of Italy’s Lake Como, where an encounter with gold artist Angelo Strazza turns craft into purpose and romance into a catalyst for self-respect. Big-hearted and genuinely funny without skimping on emotional stakes, the book has been hailed as an instant bestseller and a vibrant book-club pick, with critics praising its fairy-tale warmth, Italian atmospherics, and the satisfying moral of a woman choosing creativity and independence while keeping room for love.