Adriana Trigiani
Autor(a) de Big Stone Gap
About the Author
Adriana Trigiani grew up in Big Stone Gap, Virginia and graduated from Saint Mary's College in South Bend, Indiana. After graduation, she moved to New York City and founded the all-female comedy troupe The Outcasts, which performed on the cabaret circuit for seven years. She was a writer/producer mostrar mais on The Cosby Show and A Different World and executive producer/head writer for City Kids for Jim Henson Productions. In 1996, she wrote and directed the documentary film Queens of the Big Time, which won the Audience Award at the Hamptons Film Festival. Her debut novel, Big Stone Gap, was published in 2001. Her young adult and adult novels include Big Cherry Holler, Milk Glass Moon, Home to Big Stone Gap, The Queen of the Big Time, Rococo, Encore Valentine, Viola in Reel Life, The Supreme Macaroni Company, The Shoemaker's Wife, and All the Stars in the Heavens. She wrote the film adaptation for her novels Big Stone Gap, Very Valentine, and Lucia, Lucia. She also wrote a cookbook entitled Cooking with My Sisters and a non-fiction book entitled Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Photo by Timothy Stephenson
Séries
Obras por Adriana Trigiani
Then Came You [2020 film] — Director — 6 exemplares
Then Came You 1 exemplar
Homemade Sin 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Jane Austen Made Me Do It: Original Stories Inspired by Literature's Most Astute Observer of the Human Heart (2011) — Contribuidor — 253 exemplares
The Book Lovers' Appreciation Society: Breast Cancer Care Short Story Collection (2009) — Contribuidor — 91 exemplares
Thank You, Sisters: Stories of Women Religious and How They Enrich Our Lives (2013) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1963-02-03
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Big Stone Gap, Virginia, USA
- Locais de residência
- Big Stone Gap, Virginia, USA
Greenwich Village, New York, USA - Educação
- Saint Mary's College
- Ocupações
- novelist
television writer
playwright
documentary filmmaker - Relações
- Stephenson, Tim (spouse)
Membros
Discussions
(M61'12) Big Stone Gap, Adriana Trigiani em World Reading Circle (Setembro 2012)
Críticas
I like the Valentine character and her custom shoe business. The book got a little predictable and wordy toward the end.
When I want to read a big-hearted story of family and community, I reach for Adriana Trigiani. The Queen of the Big Time is set in the real town of Roseto, Pennsylvania, and based loosely on family stories. The main character, Nella, grows up on a farm outside of town. She eventually ends up in town working at the sewing factory where she is able to move up to leadership, an early career woman. Her teenage boyfriend disappears only to reappear years later just as she is ready to wed another. As with all of Trigiani's books, there is a mix of joy and sorrow, with tragedy leading to decisions that alter lives. No matter the sadness, however, the characters find love and support from family and friends. Roseto was founded by Italians who came from the same small village in Italy and has been studied for the health of its inhabitants.… (mais)
Didn't actually "read" this one. I just thought about it and changed my mind after a couple of pages.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 28
- Also by
- 12
- Membros
- 16,006
- Popularidade
- #1,416
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 646
- ISBN
- 449
- Línguas
- 15
- Marcado como favorito
- 67
- Pedras de toque
- 221
Tedious, badly written books like this make me want to give up reading forever. The only impression it left me with was the thought that Italians must be the most annoying people on planet Earth.
My favorite character was the mustard gas.