Very Valentine (2009) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

• Valentine Roncalli: 33-years old. Lives and works with her grandmother. Designs shoes.
• Teodora Angelini: "Gram." The matriarch of the family, and even at 80 yrs old, still in charge of the Family shoe compnay, Angellini Shoes. Valentine's grandmother.
• Alfred: Valentine's only brother.
• Jaclyn: Valentine's youngest sister
• Tess: Valentine's sister.
• Mike: Valentine's mother.
• Chiara: One of Tess's daughters.
• Charisma: One of Tess's daughters.
• Pamela: Alfred's wife.
• Tom: Jaclyn's husband.
• Roman Falconi: A chef. Valentine's new boyfriend.
• Gianluca Vechiarelli: Add a description of this character.
• Bret Fitzpatrick: Valentine's ex-boyfriend.
• Costanzo Ruocco: A shoemaker in Italy.
• Dominic Vechiarelli
• Debra McGuire
• Gabriel: Valentine's best friend.
• Rhedd Lewis
• Charlie: Tess's husband.
• Megan Donovan
• Keely Smith
• Feen
• Bergdorf
• Mrs. Delboccio
• Rosaria
• Bella Rosa: (nicknamed Bella or Bella Rosa by her husband). Costanzo's deceased wife.
• Julie Durk
• Mrs. Mcadoo
• Signora Guarasci
• Scott Hatcher
• Leonard
• Jojo
• Anna Christina: An actress in the movie Lucia Lucia
• June Lawton: Friend of Gram's. Works with Gram and Valentine.
• Mr. Silverstein
• Richard Meier
• Louis Prima
• Sabrina Fioravanti
• Frank Bruni
• Madeline
• Clark Gable
• Dutch Roncalli
• Pio
• Mr. Delboccio
• Saint Crispin
• Elizabeth Arden
• Rocco
• Madonna
• Scott Peré
• Ray Rinaldi
• Grandpop
• Mrs. La Vaglio
• Nigella Lawson
• Nancy
• Dr. Sculco
• Armand Rigaux
• Alfred Junior
• Mistress Mary
• Dea Marie Kaseta
• Orsola
• Grace Kelly
• Aunt Feen
• Bruna
• Andrea Bocelli
• Chase
• Antonio

Quotes edit see section history

• “Magazine prettiness has replaced real life.”

• “Like my mother, my people require year-round glitz, even in their street decorations.”

• “Everybody's busy. Do you think people get less busy as time goes on? It gets worse.”

• “Really, if you boil it all down, love is one giant headache.”

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• You see, that’s when you know for sure somebody loves you. They figure out what you need and they give it to you—without you asking.”

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• I learned that travel is still the best way to shake up your life, shift your point of view, and embrace inspiration, but you must be wide awake and eager to take it in, or it’s a waste.

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• We waste the present for some perfect future we believe will be waiting for us when we get there. But how will we get there if we don’t build the connection now?

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• Denial provides temporary comfort, cushioned with hope and bound by luck, it’s a neutral, an emotional state that goes with everything. Years may pass as we wait for the other shoe to drop, and in the meantime? Well, we’re fine. We wait in hope. Denial does no damage until the last minute, when it’s too late to salvage a situation.

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• True love is without whim. It’s hardware. Durable. Everlasting. This world is where Costanzo and Rosa’s love happened, but eternity is where it lives. Love stays as long as someone remembers.

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• “Love only works when two lives come together without sacrifice. No one should give up who they are for someone else. People do it, but it doesn’t make them happy, not in the long run.”

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• Desire definitely has a shelf life. Delay love or the expressing of it, and it dies. Take it for granted, and it goes away, like the morning snow on the roof during the ides of March.

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• love is what you’ve been through together.” “It was James Thurber.

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• It’s a story about when you’re most defeated, someone will come along and help, maybe even save you.

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• “When I got married, there was only one cookbook given to brides.” “And now I have it. Ada Boni’s The Talisman.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Little Italy
• Arezzo
• Queens
• Capri
• New York City
• Quisisana
• Hudson River
• America
• West Side Highway
• Rome
• Prato
• Orsola
• Naples
• Forest Hills
• Antonio
• Pottsville
• Wall Street
• Greenwich Village

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Brava, Valentine.

Followed by Brava, Valentine.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Adriana Trigiani (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.54

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Women's Fiction › Single Women
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Comic