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The queen of the big time

Follows three generations in the lives of an Italian-American family.

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  • "Follows three generations in the lives of an Italian-American family."@en
  • "About an Italian family living in Roseto, Pennsylvania. The eldest daughter Nella is ambitious and determined to make a life for herself far away from the rigors of farm and factory life. But then she meets and falls in love with a handsome carefree poet Renato Lanzara, the son of the town restaurateur. When he suddenly disappears without an explanation, rumors about a forced marriage to a girl in another town and criminal activity begin to circulate through the village grapevine. Returning after five years, and a week before Nella's wedding, Renato shakes up not only Nella's life but also the lives of Roseto's townspeople. The Queen of the Big Time is a story of one family's struggle to preserve their cultural identity and family unity and of its matriarch who cannot forget her first and true love."
  • "About an Italian family living in Roseto, Pennsylvania. The eldest daughter Nella is ambitious and determined to make a life for herself far away from the rigors of farm and factory life. But then she meets and falls in love with a handsome carefree poet Renato Lanzara, the son of the town restaurateur. When he suddenly disappears without an explanation, rumors about a forced marriage to a girl in another town and criminal activity begin to circulate through the village grapevine. Returning after five years, and a week before Nella's wedding, Renato shakes up not only Nella's life but also the lives of Roseto's townspeople. The Queen of the Big Time is a story of one family's struggle to preserve their cultural identity and family unity and of its matriarch who cannot forget her first and true love."@en
  • "From the bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia comes a novel about an Italian family living in Roseto, Pennsylvania. The eldest daughter Nella is ambitious and determined to make a life for herself far away from the rigors of farm and factory life. But then she meets and falls in love with a handsome carefree poet Renato Lanzara, the son of the town restaurateur. When he suddenly disappears without an explanation, rumors about a forced marriage to a girl in another town and criminal activity begin to circulate through the village grapevine. Returning after five years, and a week before Nella's wedding, Renato shakes up not only Nella's life but also the lives of Roseto's townspeople. The queen of the big time is a story of one family's struggle to preserve their cultural identity and family unity and of its matriarch who cannot forget her first - and true - love."@en
  • "Trigiani's fifth novel tells a heartfelt story of strong women enduring the rigors of farm life and the trials of romantic and familial relations."@en

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  • "Downloadable audio books"@en
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  • "Domestic fiction"
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  • "Fiction"
  • "General"
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  • "Romance fiction"@en
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  • "Love stories"
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  • "Queen of the big time"
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  • "The queen of the big time a novel"
  • "The queen of the big time a novel"@en
  • "The queen of the big time [a novel]"
  • "The queen of the big time [a novel]"@en

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