Big Stone Gap: A NovelNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first novel in the beloved Big Stone Gap series, now a major motion picture written and directed by Adriana Trigiani, starring Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg, John Benjamin Hickey, Jane Krakowski, Anthony LaPaglia, and Jenna Elfman This edition features behind-the-scenes bonus material from the film—including photos, excerpts from the script, and favorite recipes from on the set “Delightfully quirky . . . chock-full of engaging, oddball characters and unexpected plot twists.”—People (Book of the Week) It's 1978, and Ave Maria Mulligan is the thirty-five-year-old self-proclaimed spinster of Big Stone Gap, a sleepy hamlet in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. She’s also the local pharmacist, the co-captain of the Rescue Squad, and the director of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, the town’s long-running Outdoor Drama. Ave Maria is content with her life—until, one fateful day, her past opens wide with the revelation of a long-buried secret that will alter the course of her life. Before she knows it, Ave Maria is fielding marriage proposals, trying to claim her rightful inheritance, and planning the trip of a lifetime to Italy—one that will change her view of the world and her own place in it forever. Millions of readers around the world have fallen in love with the small town of Big Stone Gap, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and its self-proclaimed spinster. Full of wit and wonder, hilarity and heart, Big Stone Gap is a gem of a book, and one that you will share with friends and family for years to come. WINNER OF THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA ANNUAL LITERARY AWARD Don’t miss any of Adriana Trigiani’s beloved Big Stone Gap series BIG STONE GAP • BIG CHERRY HOLLER • MILK GLASS MOON • HOME TO BIG STONE GAP |
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... thought cancer would get both of my parents , but it did . Mama was fifty - two years old , which suddenly seems awfully young to me . She was only seventeen when she came to America . My father taught her English , but she always spoke ...
... thought cancer would get both of my parents , but it did . Mama was fifty - two years old , which suddenly seems awfully young to me . She was only seventeen when she came to America . My father taught her English , but she always spoke ...
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... thought that if I read my father's face , I would be able to understand why he was so mean . It took a lot of study . Dad's face was square and full of angles : rectangular forehead , sharp jaw , pointy chin . He had small eyes ( sign ...
... thought that if I read my father's face , I would be able to understand why he was so mean . It took a lot of study . Dad's face was square and full of angles : rectangular forehead , sharp jaw , pointy chin . He had small eyes ( sign ...
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... thought of you . I had to take care of you . Then , something very lucky happened to me . I returned to the train station . Everyone rushing around , having somewhere to go , comforted me . I sat alone on a bench . I fell asleep . When ...
... thought of you . I had to take care of you . Then , something very lucky happened to me . I returned to the train station . Everyone rushing around , having somewhere to go , comforted me . I sat alone on a bench . I fell asleep . When ...
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... thought it too ornate . I told her when I had my baby I would name her Ave Maria . She laughed again . She asked me how I knew I was going to have a girl . I told her I just knew . The ride on the ship was lovely . Ave Maria had a ...
... thought it too ornate . I told her when I had my baby I would name her Ave Maria . She laughed again . She asked me how I knew I was going to have a girl . I told her I just knew . The ride on the ship was lovely . Ave Maria had a ...
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... thought of her and how she helped me . She was an angel . I felt you should know the truth . I hope I made the right decision in telling you this . I asked Mr. Eisenberg to be present with you . I love you , my darling girl . Mama a I ...
... thought of her and how she helped me . She was an angel . I felt you should know the truth . I hope I made the right decision in telling you this . I asked Mr. Eisenberg to be present with you . I love you , my darling girl . Mama a I ...
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