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Original Title:	Lucia, Lucia
ISBN:	0345472446 (ISBN13: 9780345472441)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Lucia Sartori, Dante DeMartino, Ruth Kaspian, Delmarr, B. Altman, Roberto Sartori, Orlando Sartori, Angelo Sartori, Exodus Sartori, Antonio Sartori
Setting:	New York State(United States)

Lucia, Lucia Paperback | Pages: 305 pages

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Title	:	Lucia, Lucia
Author	:	Adriana Trigiani
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 305 pages
Published	:	September 27th 2005 by Fawcett Books (first published January 1st 2003)
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance

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It is 1950 in glittering, vibrant New York City. Lucia Sartori is the beautiful twenty-five-year-old daughter of a prosperous Italian grocer in Greenwich Village. The postwar boom is ripe with opportunities for talented girls with ambition, and Lucia becomes an apprentice to an up-and-coming designer at chic B. Altman's department store on Fifth Avenue. Engaged to her childhood sweetheart, the steadfast Dante DeMartino, Lucia is torn when she meets a handsome stranger who promises a life of uptown luxury that career girls like her only read about in the society pages. Forced to choose between duty to her family and her own dreams, Lucia finds herself in the midst of a sizzling scandal in which secrets are revealed, her beloved career is jeopardized, and the Sartoris' honor is tested.

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Ratings: 3.94 From 17213 Users | 1500 Reviews

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Great view into Greenwich Village circa the 1950s and Italian immigrant life in New York. Simple, elegant and engaging, but never cold. Adriana Trigiani's books are full of heart, warmth, family and lines of wonderful truisms without being preachy. "Talent is a gift, but perseverance is its own reward."

As a fan of the Big Stone Gap books, I was eager to read more by Adriana Trigiani and quickly devoured this book. Set in New York's Greenwhich Village during the 1950s/ 1960s the book is narrated by Lucia Santori, the only daughter and youngest child of a large, boisterous Italian family.The book begins rather slowly although it quickly picks up speed and is easy to read.Once again, Trigiani has a knack for vivid imagery and selecting appealing adjectives that bring out the best of the story's

Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani is a poignant story about early Italian immigrants to our great country. It tells of life, it's trial and tribulations along with the joys and sorrows in their lives. A super religious family centering around the Catholic Church. It begins with Kit Zanetti, a hopeful playwrite. She knows of her upstairs neighbor Lu but in typical New Yorkers style you don't want to get too close. So it comes as a surprise when Lu invites her upstairs for tea. Kit is ready to

In 1950, Lucia Sartori is the most beautiful girl in Greenwich Village, New York. She is a talented dressmaker at an exclusive store, but is expected to give up her job to get married and become a housewife. However, Lucia has other ideas, and is determined to be as independent as possible. That is until handsome and charismatic John Talbot comes into the store and sweeps her off her feet. Lucia falls hard and falls fast, but she and John have several obstacles to overcome, not least her very

3 stars? 3.5 stars? Somewhere in that rangeNot sure what to say about this book. Lucia's priorities, at least initially, were different from mine. That caused me to sort of think a tiny bit negatively about her. She ended up growing on me even though I didn't always enjoy her decisions and choices. Parts of the story were sad and hard to hear about. I did really enjoy the clothing descriptions and the talk about the department store and the changes it underwent over time. I liked the Italian

Okay, so you receive a box - handcarved of the finest wood with an intricate inlaid design, studded with gems and traced with gold filgree. The box is exquisite, and you are so excited to see what amazing gift it will contain. You lift the lid and find a silver bangle bracelet - nice enough, but certainly not equal to its container. That is how I felt about "Lucia, Lucia." The setting promises you a wonderful treat, but the plot is fairly ordinary. Even so, the book has a lot to recommend it.

I don't think 40 plus years working in a department store is happiness. The book focuses on the happy/sad events of one or two years of life, with the mink coat symbolizing that time. Lucia even says that she wears the coat because it is her life's story. Life isn't about a short time with decisions that decide the future. The future is chronically changing because of our decisions--even in our middle age. The writing kept me reading the book, but it lacks the personal values I hold as a person.