Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian love story [large print] : a novel / Terri-Lynne DeFino.
Lively widow Varina Paladino has lived in the same house in Wyldale, New Jersey, her entire life. The town might be slightly stuck in the 1960s when small businesses thrived and most residents were Italian, but its population is getting younger and the Paladinos are embracing the change. What Varina's not embracing, much to her ninety-two-year-old mother's dismay is dating. Running Paladino's Italian Specialties grocery, caring for her mother, and keeping her large, loud Jersey Italian family from killing one another takes up all of Varina's energy anyway. Sylvia Spini worries about her daughter Varina being left all alone when she dies. Sylvia knows what it is to be old and alone, so when her granddaughter, Donatella, comes to her with an ill-conceived plan to find Varina a man, Sylvia dives in. The three men of the family Dante, Tommy, and Paulie are each secretly plotting their big life changes, which will throw everyone for a loop. Three generations of Paladinos butt heads and break one another's hearts as they wrestle with their own Jersey Italian love stories in this hilarious and life-affirming ode to love and family.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063297821
- ISBN: 0063297825
- Physical Description: 544 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Edition: First Harper edition
- Publisher: New York : Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023].
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes recipes. |
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| Subject: | Widows > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Families > Fiction. Italians > Fiction. Italian American families > Fiction. Life change events > Fiction. New Jersey > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Romance fiction. Novels. Large print books. |
Available copies
- 6 of 7 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statesville Main Library | L.P. DEFINO (Text) | 33114018609271 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | LP DeFino (Text) | 31010000814402 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Checked out | 05/02/2025 |
| Henderson Main Branch | DEF (Text) | 33258009727053 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Middlesex Public Library | LTE FIC DeFino (Text) | 37807000051774 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| North Regional Library | LP DEFINO (Text) | 31781068620424 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Reidsville Library | LP Fic (Text) | 31554010916418 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
| Steele Memorial Library | LP DEF (Text) | 900005000175422 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
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