16-04-2004, 11:09 AM
Lucia, Lucia By Adriana Trigiani
Lucia Sartori is the beautiful 25-year-old daughter of a fine Italian immigrant family in Greenwich Village, New York, in 1950. Fuelled by the post-war boom, in which talented girls with ambition are encouraged to follow their dreams, Lucia becomes an apprentice for a clothing designer at a chic department store on Fifth Avenue. When a handsome stranger comes to the story and catches her eye, it is love at first sight for both of them. In order to win Lucia's hand, he must first win over her traditional family and make the proper offer of marriage. Their love affair takes an unexpected turn as secrets are revealed, Lucia's family honour is tested, and her own reputation becomes the centre of a sizzling scandal.
Adriana Trigiani grew up in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and now lives in New York. In addition to being the author of Big Stone Gap, Big Cherry Holler and Milk Glass Moon, Adriana is an award-winning playwright, television writer and documentary filmmaker. She has written the screen adaptation of her novel Big Stone Gap, which she will also direct.
(ISBN: 0743239261) Published by Simon & Schuster
Star of the Sea By Joseph OÂ’Connor
In the bitter winter of 1847 the Star of the Sea sets sails for New York from an Ireland torn by injustice and natural disaster. On board are hundreds of fleeing refugees. Among them are a maidservant with a devasting secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith and his family, an aspiring novelist, a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home. All are connected more deeply than they can possibly know. But a camouflaged killer is stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution.
Joseph OÂ’Connor was born in Dublin. He has written ten widely acclaimed and best-selling books including the novels Cowboys and Indians, shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize, Desperadoes, The Salesman and, most recently, Inishowen. His work has been published in eighteen languages.
(ISBN: 0099469626) Published by Random House
Toast By Nigel Slater
Toast is Nigel SlaterÂ’s truly extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food. Whether relating his motherÂ’s ritual burning of toast, his fatherÂ’s dreaded Boxing day stew or such culinary highlights of the day as Arctic Roll and Grilled Grapefruit (then considered something of a status symbol in Wolverhampton), this remarkable memoir vividly recreates daily life in sixties suburban England.
Nigel Slater is the author of a collection of bestselling books including the classics Real Fast Food and Real Cooking and the award-winning Appetite. He has written a much-loved column for the Observer for over a decade and has been described by Arena as a national treasure.
(ISBN: 1841152897) Published by 4th Estate/Harper Collins
THe Book which was voted the Book of the Year by the Public was The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Lucia Sartori is the beautiful 25-year-old daughter of a fine Italian immigrant family in Greenwich Village, New York, in 1950. Fuelled by the post-war boom, in which talented girls with ambition are encouraged to follow their dreams, Lucia becomes an apprentice for a clothing designer at a chic department store on Fifth Avenue. When a handsome stranger comes to the story and catches her eye, it is love at first sight for both of them. In order to win Lucia's hand, he must first win over her traditional family and make the proper offer of marriage. Their love affair takes an unexpected turn as secrets are revealed, Lucia's family honour is tested, and her own reputation becomes the centre of a sizzling scandal.
Adriana Trigiani grew up in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and now lives in New York. In addition to being the author of Big Stone Gap, Big Cherry Holler and Milk Glass Moon, Adriana is an award-winning playwright, television writer and documentary filmmaker. She has written the screen adaptation of her novel Big Stone Gap, which she will also direct.
(ISBN: 0743239261) Published by Simon & Schuster
Star of the Sea By Joseph OÂ’Connor
In the bitter winter of 1847 the Star of the Sea sets sails for New York from an Ireland torn by injustice and natural disaster. On board are hundreds of fleeing refugees. Among them are a maidservant with a devasting secret, bankrupt Lord Merridith and his family, an aspiring novelist, a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the Atlantic in search of a new home. All are connected more deeply than they can possibly know. But a camouflaged killer is stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolution.
Joseph OÂ’Connor was born in Dublin. He has written ten widely acclaimed and best-selling books including the novels Cowboys and Indians, shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize, Desperadoes, The Salesman and, most recently, Inishowen. His work has been published in eighteen languages.
(ISBN: 0099469626) Published by Random House
Toast By Nigel Slater
Toast is Nigel SlaterÂ’s truly extraordinary story of a childhood remembered through food. Whether relating his motherÂ’s ritual burning of toast, his fatherÂ’s dreaded Boxing day stew or such culinary highlights of the day as Arctic Roll and Grilled Grapefruit (then considered something of a status symbol in Wolverhampton), this remarkable memoir vividly recreates daily life in sixties suburban England.
Nigel Slater is the author of a collection of bestselling books including the classics Real Fast Food and Real Cooking and the award-winning Appetite. He has written a much-loved column for the Observer for over a decade and has been described by Arena as a national treasure.
(ISBN: 1841152897) Published by 4th Estate/Harper Collins
THe Book which was voted the Book of the Year by the Public was The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
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