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Loading... The Queen of the Big Timeby Adriana Trigiani
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. 2005 ( )This book is about the life of a strong determined and intelligent woman in the early 1900's. She is such a leader and yet hardship continues to knock her down from her dreams. But in the midst of it all - she "remakes" her dreams and excels in what comes her way as her life unfolds she touches many people. Good story, the main character reminded me of the main character of Big Stone Gap, but that was fine. The story is set in the 1920s (although we follow Nella, with great jumps until her death much later). Nella is a farmer's daughter living in a town in Pennsylvania (USA) with many Italian immigrants, like them. She has a good set of brains and wants to become a teacher. She manages to go to secondary school for a while, until her father has an accident and she has to leave school, in order to work in a factory. She meets a man, 7 years older than her, and falls in love with him. A believable story. As a child I lived near Roseto, PA. This book brought back many wonderful memories. If you are looking for a quick read that makes you laugh and cry, this is the book to get. Triginai is a master at painting the picture of this small-town, close-knit community. She also was very astutely accurate in portraying the gossipy, pettiness of this area in North East Pennsylvania. I enjoyed this book tremendously. Easy to read.. but I was left a little short with the whole unrequited love bit.. it just never really rang true for me. no reviews | add a review
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