Lucia, her Italian family, her ambitious girlfriends, her colorful boss, and her mysterious lover are colorful, poignant characters, representative of another time, yet as real as today. A BREEZY READ.' Entertainment Weekly ' writes with commanding authenticity about Italian-American life, the landscape of Italy, and New York City. Every page is engrossing and begs us to read the next.' Richmond Times-Dispatch 'TRIGIANI'S WRITING IS AS DAZZLING AS LUCIA'S DRESSES.' USA Today 'COMPELLING. A vibrant, loving, wistful portrait of a lost time and place.

'This heartwarming tale is full of lessons about taking risks in life and love.' Cosmopolitan 'FAST-MOVING, FUNNY, VISUAL, AND MOVING. Forced to choose between duty to her family and her own dreams, Lucia finds herself in the midst of a sizzling scandal in which secrets are revealed, her beloved career is jeopardized, and the Sartoris' honor is tested. Engaged to her childhood sweetheart, the steadfast Dante DeMartino, Lucia is torn when she meets a handsome stranger who promises a life of uptown luxury that career girls like her only read about in the society pages. The postwar boom is rife with opportunities for talented girls with ambition, and Lucia becomes an apprentice to an up-and-coming designer at chic B. A vibrant, loving, wistful portrait of a lost time and place.'- Richmond Times-Dispatch It is 1950 in glittering, vibrant New York City, and Lucia Sartori is the beautiful twenty-five-year-old daughter of a prosperous Italian grocer in Greenwich Village. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * 'This heartwarming tale is full of lessons about taking risks in life and love.'- Cosmopolitan 'Funny, visual, and moving.

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