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The Supreme Macaroni Company by Adriana Trigiani – Blog Tour and Book Review

by
Patty
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November 25, 2013

I was sent a free copy of The Supreme Macaroni Company for my honest review. I received no monetary compensation for this post.

About the Book:

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Harper (November 26, 2013)
For over a hundred years, the Angelini Shoe Company in Greenwich Village has relied on the leather produced by Vechiarelli & Son in Tuscany. This historic business partnership provides the twist of fate for Valentine Roncalli, the school teacher turned shoemaker, to fall in love with Gianluca Vechiarelli, a tanner with a complex past . . . and a secret.
A piece of surprising news is revealed at The Feast of the Seven Fishes when Valentine and Gianluca join her extended family on a fateful Christmas Eve. Now faced with life altering choices, Valentine remembers the wise words that inspired her in the early days of her beloved Angelini Shoe Company: “A person who can build a pair of shoes can do just about anything.” The proud, passionate Valentine is going to fight for everything she wants and savor all she deserves—the bitter and the sweetness of life itself.


About the Author:

Adriana Trigiani is an award-winning playwright, television writer, and documentary filmmaker. Her books include the New York Times best seller The Shoemaker’s Wife; the Big Stone Gap series; Very Valentine; Brava, Valentine; Lucia, Lucia; and the best-selling memoir Don’t Sing at the Table, as well as the young adult novels Viola in Reel Life and Viola in the Spotlight. She has written the screenplay for Big Stone Gap. which she will also direct. She lives in New York City with her husband and daughter.
Find out more about Adriana at her website, connect with her on Facebook, and follow her on Twitter.

My Opinion:

This novel focuses on Valentine Roncalli, a custom shoe maker and a member of a large, extended Italian family. She has just become engaged to an old family friend from Italy and she has doubts about well, everything. She doesn’t want to give up her so called independence for marriage not seeming to understand that a true partnership will make her stronger. She waffles and moans and seems to get married because she is getting older and it’s expected of her. The man she is marrying does everything for her and she is for the most part very unappreciative.

I did not realize that this was the third book of a series and perhaps if I had read the preceding books I would have a better appreciation for Valentine but I just couldn’t understand her. I did enjoy her family though – I’ve met families like hers and they are warm and embracing. I just couldn’t understand Valentine or her motivations and when I have a main character like that it is hard for me to love a book. She was not a teenager; she was over thirty and yet she acted like a spoiled child. As to other aspects of the book I did thoroughly enjoy the passages that detailed the making of shoes and that took place in Italy.

I don’t want to spoil the plot but I think there is some hope for Valentine as she does eventually realize that marriage doesn’t have to mean giving up your independence and freedom. It just takes her a while to figure it out and it comes a bit late. I don’t know if there are going to be further books in this series that will explore this new side of her. If there are I would be interested to read them to see if the life lessons stick.

Rating:
3

You can see The Supreme Macaroni Company Tour Schedule

You can preorder The Supreme Macaroni Company on Amazon.com (releases 11/26/13)

Disclosure:  I was sent a free copy of The Supreme Macaroni Company from TLC Book Tours for my honest review. I received no monetary compensation for this post.

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