{"product_id":"the-view-from-lake-como-a-novel-2","title":"The View From Lake Como: A Novel","description":"INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\nINSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER\nSelected for CBS News New York's Book Club with Mary Calvi\n\nAs seen on Good Morning America, The View, Good Day New York and featured on Katie Couric Media and Read with Jenna Open Book podcast\n\nPEOPLE: BEST NEW BOOKS\nAn Elle Best Book of Summer 2025\nUSA Today Most Anticipated Read of Summer 2025\nPublishers Weekly Most Anticipated Book of Summer 2025\n\nFrom the beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani, a “dazzling” storyteller (Washington Post), and a “comedy writer with a heart of gold” (NYT), comes a novel about one woman’s quest to build her own life before it’s too late.\n\nJess Capodimonte Baratta is not living the life of her dreams. Not even close.\n\nIn blue-collar Lake Como, New Jersey, family comes first. Recently divorced from Bobby Bilancia, “the perfect husband,\" Jess 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).\n\nWhen 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.\n\nFrom the shadows of the majestic marble-capped mountains of Tuscany, to the glittering streets of Milan, and on the shores of enchanting Lake Como (the other one), Jess begins to carve a place in this new\/old world. When she meets Angelo Strazza, a passionate artist who works in gold, she discovers her own skills are priceless. But as Jess uncovers the truth about her family history, it will change the course of her life and those she loves the most forever. In love and work, in art and soul, Jess will need every tool she has mastered to reinvent her life.\n\nFed by the author’s cherished Italian roots comes a bighearted, hilarious novel of the moment: the story of one woman’s determination to live a creative life that matters, with enough room left over for love. With a one-way ticket to Italy, Jess is determined to write a new story on her own terms--this time, in stone.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0593183355\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0593183355.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Trigiani, Adriana\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Pages are clean with no markings. May show minor signs of wear or cosmetic defects  marks, cuts, bends, or scuffs  on the cover, spine, pages, or dust jacket. May have remainder marks on edges.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41608393293882,"sku":"DBV.0593183355.VG","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0593183355-0_a01881ba-5d32-4b6a-aa16-b11767717326.jpg?v=1787456835","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-view-from-lake-como-a-novel-2","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}