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Summary: Like cheap chocolate: ok but not worth the calories
Review: Don't know what book the other reviewers read...the "characters" are more like "caricatures". We can fully describe each character in a single sentence. The plot is not only linear but predictable. Yes, it's a "light read" but I want more entertainment in a "light" reading, more "heat" if it is supposed to be a romance novel (which I wouldn't read anyway), or more thought-provocation in a book that addresses an ethnic, career woman's life in the 1950s. This book is none of the above. After reading it, I went back and re-read the "rave review" sound bites on the cover -- and found they are not for this novel but for Trigiani's Big Stone Gap series -- I'll pass.
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Summary: Like Chocolate for the Mind
Review: This story was told with such finesse and elegance, the description were just as appealing as the plot. Trigiani is a dedicated writer and historian- this book truly came alive. This was the first Trigiani book I read and I was enthralled. I picked up "Big Stone Gap" a week later and never bothered to finish it...
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Summary: Easy, fun read!
Review: I think this book is a wonderful, light, fun, read. Its has a good plot, great characters and I really was caught up in the story. This is a lay by the pool book, read it on the beach, or read it on the plane while going on your vacation or read it while you ride the bus to work (which I do). I enjoyed the characters, especially Lucia, and her descriptions of clothing and fasion during that era were facinating. The author is really descriptive. This book makes you smile, and I highly recommend it.
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Summary: boring
Review: This book was boring and bland.The descripion was misleading.
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Summary: What a lovely time
Review: Adriana does an excellent job of transporting the reader back to the Greenwich Village of the 50s. This is a delightful novel and I read it in two sittings. The story unfolds beautifully and although Kit's love interest was a predictable character, I enjoyed reading about their relationship. Ms. Tigiani does an excellent job capturing the emotions of these characters and I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a fast read that can hold your attention.
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Summary: Be Transported Back to the 50s
Review: This heartfelt story follows the life of Lucia, a young woman who grew up in New York in the 1950s. We learn about her life as a young woman dealing with stereotypes and her battles against them. The novel starts with Lucia, present day, talking with another tenant in the apartment building she currently resides in. We are then taken back to the 1950s, when life for a woman was much more difficult than it is today. Take the journey with Lucia as she deals with life, death and loss. A wonderful read, if you're looking for something to touch you deeply and make you feel young again.
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Summary: Different from "Big Stone Gap" series....but very good !!!!
Review: "Lucia Lucia" was a total diversion from the "Big Stone Gap" series...but i found it to be very good reading. It revolves around the lives of an Italian family in New York in the 1950s and i found it to be very enticing and easy to read...once i started, i couldn't put it down!!!!! While I would love to see another Ave Maria installation...i give Adriana a thumbs-up for this novel!!!!!
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Summary: Greenwich Village in the 50s nostalgia
Review: Kit Zanetti, a NY playwright, drops in on Aunt Lu, an eccentric lady in her apartment building who likes to talk of her past. At first Kit is impatient, but when she settles down and begins to listen, she hears an amazing story of Aunt Lu's youth during the 50s, when she was the most beautiful girl in Greenwich Village, the adored daughter of an Italian-American family who shocked them by getting involved with a charming con man. The guy stood her up on her wedding day - and Lu is stuck. Kit, drawn into this woman's life story, wants to help her live out some of the lost dreams of her youth.
It's not subtle in the way it tugs at your heartstrings - but you'll laugh and weep and recommend it to a friend, I bet.
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Summary: Um...huh?
Review: Not good, folks, sorry. There are many better books to spend your money on in hardcover that aren't as pulpy as this one. I recommend instead buying The Dogs of Babel, The Pursuit of Alice Thrift or The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, all three far superior to this one and worth the money. You should wait for the paperback for this one. I wouldn't have felt so angry at the low quality if I'd spent less of my hard-earned cash on it, you know?
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Summary: Not much better than Danielle Steele
Review: This book was very predictable and written with a thud, as a previous reviewer stated. For instance: "As much as I love my brothers, I've never been able to tell them things that I could have told a sister. Mama was senstitive to that and tried to compensate. But some things I would have felt more comfortable saying to a sister instead of Mama." This, to me, is not interesting writing. The plot is not much better than a Danielle Steele formula book. Disappointing.
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