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Eva alexander nestled high in the alps lies vilminore, home to ciro. The shoemakers wife is the novel adriana trigiani was born to write. It i had known the author was going to read half of the book, i would not have bought the audio version. Aristocrat rowland lacy falls in love with middle class girl rose oateley, but rose s father and lacy s uncle refuse to. New yorks little italy is a joyous place, and handsome, outgoing ciro fits right in.
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