{"title":"Adriana Trigiani","description":"Adriana Trigiani is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including the instant New York Times bestseller The Good Left Undone. Her work has been published in thirty-eight languages around the world. An award-winning playwright, television writer\/producer and filmmaker, Adriana's screen credits include writer\/director of the major motion picture of her debut novel, Big Stone Gap, the adaptation of her novel Very Valentine and director of Then Came You. Adriana grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where she cofounded The Origin Project, an in-school writing program serving over 1,700 students in Appalachia. She is at work on her next novel.","products":[{"product_id":"the-view-from-lake-como-hardcover","title":"The View from Lake Como - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePEOPLE\u003c\/i\u003e BEST NEW BOOKS\u003cbr\u003eAn Amazon Best Book of the Month\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eElle \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of Summer 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Read of Summer 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Most Anticipated Book of Summer 2025 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the beloved \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, a \"dazzling\" storyteller (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e), and a \"comedy writer with a heart of gold\" (\u003ci\u003eNYT\u003c\/i\u003e), comes a novel about one woman's quest to build her own life before it's too late. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJess Capodimonte Baratta is not living the life of her dreams. 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