Very Valentine - Softcover

Trigiani, Adriana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1471133370 ISBN 13: 9781471133374

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, 2014

Synopsis

Meet Valentine, an unforgettable and passionate woman with a heart and a dream as big as New York City. Her dream? To design the perfect pair of shoes ...

The Angelini Shoe Company, makers of exquisite wedding shoes since 1903, is one of the last family-owned businesses in Greenwich Village. Now, in the twenty-first century, the company run so devotedly by Valentine and her grandmother Teodora faces financial ruin. Juggling a romantic relationship with dashing chef Roman Falconi, her duty to her family, and a design competition for a prestigious department store, Valentine accompanies her grandmother to Italy in the hope of finding inspiration. There, in Tuscany and on the Isle of Capri, she discovers her artistic voice and much more, turning her life around in ways she never expected.

About this title

Review:

'Charming, charismatic and addictive, this tale of love, life and shoes is an absolute treat'
-- Company Magazine

'Romance, families, careers are all intertwined in this captivating adventure'
-- Closer Magazine

From the Back Cover:

The Angelini Shoe Company, one of the last family-owned businesses in Greenwich Village, has been making exquisite wedding shoes since 1903 but now teeters on the brink of financial collapse. To save their business from ruin, thirty-three-year-old Valentine Roncalli--apprentice to and granddaughter of master artisan Teodora Angelini--must bring the family's old-world craftsmanship into the twenty-first century. Juggling her 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 in a quest to build a pair of glorious shoes to beat their rivals. And in the course of discovering her true artistic voice and so much more in la bella Italia, Valentine will be turning her life and the business upside down in ways she never expected.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1471133370
• ISBN 13: 9781471133374
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432