The View From Lake Como
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The View From Lake Como

by Adriana Trigiani

Identity & Belonging Romance Fiction 2025

Summary

Jess Capodimonte Baratta has spent much of her life putting everyone else first. Recently divorced, she retreats to her parents’ basement in Lake Como, New Jersey, where family obligations and Sunday dinners leave little room for her own ambitions. A talented draftswoman working in her uncle’s marble business, Jess has more potential than she realizes—but an unexpected family loss brings buried secrets to light and forces her to question everything she thought she knew about the people closest to her.

Determined to reclaim her future, Jess travels to her ancestral home in Carrara, Italy, where the marble mountains of Tuscany and the vibrant streets of Milan offer the possibility of a fresh start. As she explores her family’s past and meets Angelo Strazza, an artist who works in gold, Jess begins to discover her own creative gifts and a new sense of belonging. Blending romance, family drama, and Italian-American heritage, this warm, spirited novel explores the courage it takes to reinvent yourself and build a life on your own terms.

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Adriana Trigiani
Adriana Trigiani

Adriana Trigiani is an American bestselling novelist, playwright, television writer, producer, and filmmaker known for her warm, character-driven stories about family, love, identity, and Italian-American life. She grew up in the Appalachian mountains of southwest Virginia and later moved to New York City, where she began her career in entertainment and writing. Trigiani is the author of more than twenty books of fiction and nonfiction, including Big Stone Gap, The Shoemaker’s Wife, and The Good Left Undone. Her novels have been translated into dozens of languages, bringing her stories of family bonds, cultural heritage, and personal reinvention to readers around the world. She has also written and directed film adaptations of her work and directed documentaries. In 2023, the Italian government awarded her the Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia for her contributions to Italian culture. She lives in Greenwich Village, New York, with her family.

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2025
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