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Adriana Trigiani, author of The View from Lake Como

In blue-collar Lake Como, New Jersey, family comes first. Recently divorced from Bobby Bilancia, Jess Capodimonte Baratta moves into her parents’ basement to hide and heal. Jess is the overlooked daughter, who dutifully takes care of her parents, cooks Sunday dinner and puts herself last. Despite her role as the family handmaiden, Jess is also a talented draftswoman in the marble business run by her dapper uncle Louie, who believes she can do anything (once she invests in a better wardrobe). When the Capodimonte and Baratta families endure an unexpected loss, the shock unearths long-buried secrets that will force Jess to question her loyalty to those she trusted. Fueled by her lost dreams, Jess takes fate into her own hands and escapes to her ancestral home, Carrara, Italy.

Week of May 4, 2026

Paperback releases for the week of May 4th include DON'T LET HIM IN, a kaleidoscopic thriller from Lisa Jewell in which three women are connected by one man; Megan Miranda's YOU BELONG HERE, a gripping work of psychological suspense featuring a decades-old secret that haunts a mother and her college-bound daughter; MY NAME IS EMILIA DEL VALLE by Isabel Allende, a spellbinding historical novel about a young writer who journeys to South America to uncover the truth about her father --- and herself; THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO, a bighearted, hilarious novel from Adriana Trigiani that revolves around one woman’s quest to build her own life before it’s too late; and THE END IS THE BEGINNING, a lyrical portrait of the life of Jill Bialosky's mother, told in reverse order from burial to birth.