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Lucia, Lucia de Adriana Trigiani
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Lucia, Lucia (2003 original; edició 2003)

de Adriana Trigiani (Autor)

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Fiction. Literature. It is 1950 in glittering, vibrant New York City. Lucia Sartori is the beautiful twenty-five-year-old daughter of a prosperous Italian grocer in Greenwich Village. The postwar boom is ripe with opportunities for talented girls with ambition, and Lucia becomes an apprentice to an up-and-coming designer at chic B. Altmanâ??s department store on Fifth Avenue. Engaged to her childhood sweetheart, the steadfast Dante DeMartino, Lucia is torn when she meets a handsome stranger who promises a life of uptown luxury that career girls like her only read about in the society pages. Forced to choose between duty to her family and her own dreams, Lucia finds herself in the midst of a sizzling scandal in which secrets are revealed, her beloved career is jeopardized, and the Sartorisâ?? honor is t… (més)
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Títol:Lucia, Lucia
Autors:Adriana Trigiani (Autor)
Informació:Random House (2003), 272 pages
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Es mostren 1-5 de 37 (següent | mostra-les totes)
It's not like this book didn't have some things going for it - - loved the 50's New York setting, and I also enjoyed the free flowing, easy reading writing style. But, I just don't really enjoy books like this one as a general rule. It's just a little too trite and unoriginal. There's a lot of descriptions of food (which I enjoy) and clothes (which I don't).

The plot revolves around Lucia, a high end, beautiful seamstress at B'Altman's who still lives at home with her large Italian family. The suspense is - - will Lucia get married and to whom? She's more of a career-oriented woman in a time where that wasn't the norm. She's a very likeable character so I was drawn into the story of her love life, but it's just a very straightforward tale, and there's nothing about it - not the writing, not the story, nothing, that elevates it. Her decision making is highly questionable, and that's the part that basically creates the most entertainment.

Romance really isn't my thing when it comes to a reading choice, and so honestly, I'm not sure I'm a good person to review a book like this one. I think many people would find it to be a lovely summer read . . . ( )
  Anita_Pomerantz | Mar 23, 2023 |
I give it three and a half stars. Adriana Trigiani is becoming one of my favorite authors. ( )
  dmurfgal | Dec 9, 2022 |
An Italian family story set in New York in the 1950's. A lovely story to read - with some very poignant moments - not all happy. ( )
  justmum | Feb 25, 2018 |
A librarian friend of mine recommended this one to me, otherwise I might not have finished it. I HATE first person present tense as the dominant perspective for novels. If the story is really good (as in The Hunger Games series) after a while you forget that the storytelling is in such an uncomfortable voice, and just get into the story. In this book, though, the story is pretty dull until almost the end of the book. In addition the protagonist's family is traditional Italian and very sexist, so while being already unhappy with the storytelling style, I was also really annoyed at the characters and situations. I got the sense that this book was intended to take on some of the traditional sexism of the 1950's and of Old World traditional families, so some of my irritation was likely an intended outcome, but in any case I did not enjoy this book and would not recommend it. I might try other books by this author, since my friend was so thrilled with her books, but I'm not optimistic. ( )
  JBarringer | Dec 30, 2017 |
What a wonderful story! A strong female lead who bows to the times and the culture of her family, without regret. An accountable and integral heroine. I love Lucia!

UPDATE January 2012
I first read this in December 2009, and rating is what I gave it then. My F2F book group chose this book for our January 2012 discussion, so I listened to the audio performed by Mira Sorvino to refresh my memory. Sorvino does a fine job on the audio, though she doesn't have a lot of difference in her voice for the various female characters. I really do like the way she portrays Lucia - both as a young woman and later in life. Based on the audio alone, I would probably rate it 3*** or perhaps 3.5***.

Trigiani's gift for storytelling is particularly strong when she explores her Italian-American roots. The reader really gets a good sense of Greenwich Village and the New York fashion scene in the early 1950s. ( )
  BookConcierge | Feb 12, 2016 |
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The story of an immigrant Italian family, who own and run La Groceria, an authentic Italian market, in New York. The focus is on the beautiful Lucia,
only daughter among four brothers. There is a family feud, disputes concerning marriages proposed by the siblings but held unsuitable by the parents, and crises of sudden illness. Lucia wants to pursue her own career in a high-class dressmaking department - but can she?
The first and last chapters show Aunt Lu as an old lady living alone with her memories. Plenty on which to base discussion of traditional family roles and relationships.
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Fiction. Literature. It is 1950 in glittering, vibrant New York City. Lucia Sartori is the beautiful twenty-five-year-old daughter of a prosperous Italian grocer in Greenwich Village. The postwar boom is ripe with opportunities for talented girls with ambition, and Lucia becomes an apprentice to an up-and-coming designer at chic B. Altmanâ??s department store on Fifth Avenue. Engaged to her childhood sweetheart, the steadfast Dante DeMartino, Lucia is torn when she meets a handsome stranger who promises a life of uptown luxury that career girls like her only read about in the society pages. Forced to choose between duty to her family and her own dreams, Lucia finds herself in the midst of a sizzling scandal in which secrets are revealed, her beloved career is jeopardized, and the Sartorisâ?? honor is t

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