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Listen to This Week's Show with Adriana Trigiani Now!

Below is the great show we had with Adriana Trigiani this week about her new novel, the first in a trilogy, Very Valentine. Listen in to hear who Adriana's favorite YA authors are, to get a sneak peek into her new YA series debuting this fall and to learn about plans for the Big Stone Gap movie and The World's Biggest Book Club! (for those of you who listened live, this show has been edited for content, so feel free to share, post, etc!)

Book Club Girl on Air Welcomes Adriana Trigiani!

Please join me on Tuesday, April 7th at 7 pm EST when my guest on Book Club Girl on Air will be none other than book club maven and New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, who will be on air discussing her new book, Very Valentine, with all of you! You can read all about Very Valentine here, and set your reminder for the show on the 7th here.

The first ten people who post a comment that they want to participate in the show on the 7th, either by online chat or calling in, will receive a copy of Very Valentine! Sign up now!

A Valentine from Book Group Maven Adriana Trigiani and a Giveaway from Book Club Girl!

"Sex and the City meets Moonlighting" raved People magazine and that praise, coupled with the name Adriana Trigiani, is enough for me to rush to pick up her latest book, the first in a new trilogy, Very Valentine. In VV, Trigiani introduces us to the Roncalli and Angelini families, a vibrant cast of colorful characters who navigate tricky family dynamics with hilarity and brio, from magical Manhattan to the picturesque hills of bella Italia. The Angelini family owns the venerable Angelini Shoe Company, a maker of fine wedding shoes, and one of the last family-owned businsses in Greenwich Village. Thirty-three year old Valentine Roncalli is trying to bring the business into the 21st century and save it from financial ruin.

While juggling a budding romance with dashing chef Roman Falconi, her duty to her family, and a design challenge presented by a prestigious department store, Valentine returns to Italy with her grandmother to learn new techniques and seek one-of-a-kind materials for building a pair of glorious shoes to beat their rivals. There, in Tuscany, Naples, and on the Isle of Capri, a family secret is revealed as Valentine discovers her artistic voice and much more, turning her life and the family business upside down in ways she never expected. Very Valentine is a sumptuous treat, a journey of dreams fulfilled, a celebration of love and loss filled with Trigiani's trademark heart and humor.

Trigiani is a book club favorite. She's the first author who really took the author-calling-in-to-a-book-group concept and ran with it, making many calls, famously, while in her pjs and doing the laundry. Her novels, including the Big Stone Gap Trilogy and Lucia, Lucia (which I read on my honeymoon) are all reading group favorites.

Very Valentine is the perfect book for this Valentine's Week--why not ask your honey to pick it up for you along with a box of chocolate and bottle of good wine? If you don't want to rely on him, here's a chance to win the book along with a signed poster of the cover: Post a comment about your favorite Trigiani novel and I will pick ten random winners from all the comments received by midnight Thursday February 12th to receive the book and poster!

Hear about Adriana's inspiration for this new triology in her tour of Greenwich Village below. Catch her on tour near you, and browse inside the book now!