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Adriana Trigiani, author of The Good Left Undone

In the halcyon days of the past, Domenica Cabrelli thrives in the coastal town of Viareggio until the day her beloved home becomes unsafe as Italy teeters on the brink of World War II. As her journey takes her from the rocky shores of Marseille to the mystical beauty of Scotland to the dangers of wartime Liverpool --- where Italian Scots were imprisoned without cause --- Domenica experiences love, loss and grief as she longs for home. A hundred years later, her daughter, Matelda, and her great-granddaughter, Anina, face the same big questions about life and their family’s legacy as Matelda contemplates what is worth fighting for, and when to let go. The Cabrellis have survived so much, and it is only through the transformative power of love that they can hope to truly heal.

Week of April 17, 2023

Paperback releases for the week of April 17th include YOU HAVE A FRIEND IN 10A, a piercing first collection of short stories from Maggie Shipstead, who excavates the complexities of love, sex and life in ways unsparing and hilarious, sharp-eyed and tender; Adriana Trigiani's THE GOOD LEFT UNDONE, a lush, immersive novel about three generations of Tuscan artisans with one remarkable secret; HALF-BLOWN ROSE by Leesa Cross-Smith, an irresistible story of a woman remaking her life after her husband’s betrayal leads to a year of travel, art and passion in Paris; SISTERS IN RESISTANCE, a tale as twisted as any spy thriller, in which Tilar J. Mazzeo recounts how three women delivered critical evidence of Axis war crimes to Allied forces during World War II; and ALSO A POET, a staggering memoir from Ada Calhoun that traces her fraught relationship with her father --- celebrated art critic Peter Schjelda --- and their shared obsession with poet Frank O'Hara.