The Supreme Macaroni Company
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Narrated by:
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Cassandra Campbell
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By:
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Adriana Trigiani
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For over a hundred years, the Angelini Shoe Company in Greenwich Village has relied on the leather produced by Vechiarelli & Son in Tuscany. This ancient business partnership provides the twist of fate for Valentine Roncalli to fall in love with Gianluca Vechiarelli, a tanner with a complex past...and a secret.
But after the wedding celebrations are over, Valentine wakes up to the hard reality of juggling the demands of a new business and the needs of her new family. Confronted with painful choices, Valentine remembers the wise words that inspired her in the early days of her beloved Angelini Shoe Company: "A person who can build a pair of shoes can do just about anything." Now, the proud, passionate Valentine is going to fight for everything she wants and savor all she deserves - the bitter and the sweet of life itself.
Romantic and poignant, told with humor and warmth, and bursting with a cast of endearing characters, The Supreme Macaroni Company is an unforgettable narrative about family, work, romance, and the unexpected turns of life and fate.
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When Caroline Wimbley Levine learns that her mother, Miss Lavinia, has supposedly gone mad, she leaves the big city bustle of Manhattan and returns to Tall Pines Plantation. Caroline originally left Tall Pines to escape her feisty, eccentric mother and her drunken brother, Trip. When Miss Lavinia dies, Caroline is forced to come to terms with her family's troubled history as well as her failing relationship with her husband.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Abridged!!
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Vegas Rich
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With a heart full of dreams, Sallie Coleman leaves Texas and heads west determined to get as far from the squalor of her dirt poor beginnings. With its shifting sands, smoky saloons, and bingo palaces, Las Vegas seems like a paradise. A paradise where an extraordinary twist of fate makes Sallie the most powerful businesswoman in Nevada.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get this booK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Catherine Eliot was born to a world of privilege and prestige, with a family whose last name and vast fortune provide her with access to almost anything she could wish for. But what Catherine craves most is independence. So while her friends settle into comfortable lives financed by doting parents and indulgent husbands, she moves to New York City, determined to make it on her own. Taking a demanding job in a bustling flower shop, she works hard and learns the trade until, with courage and determination, she’s able to open Blooms, an exclusive floral boutique on the Upper East Side.
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4 out of 5 stars
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decent book
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How to Be an American Housewife
- A Novel
- By: Margaret Dilloway
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington, Emily Durante
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 238
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2 out of 5 stars
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big disappointment
- By Kirsten on 04-12-12
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Lies and Other Acts of Love
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 779
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1 out of 5 stars
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One big giant cheese ball
- By Book.Lover 1350 on 06-16-19
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Until I Say Good-Bye
- My Year of Living with Joy
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 126
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Susan Spencer-Wendel's Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy is a moving and inspirational memoir by a woman who makes the most of her final days after discovering she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). After Spencer-Wendel, a celebrated journalist at the Palm Beach Post, learns of her diagnosis of ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, she embarks on several adventures, traveling to several countries and sharing special experiences with loved ones.
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Until I Say Good-Bye is a paradox for me.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Deeply moving, a great listen
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 139
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Story4 out of 5 stars 138
Phoebe has loved Jake Pierce since childhood, and that love continues without hesitation while she watches him create a financial dynasty. But when Phoebe learns that her husband's triumphs are the result of an elaborate Ponzi scheme, her world unravels. Lies underpin her life and marriage. And as Jake's crime is uncovered, the world obsesses over her. Did she know her gilded life was fabricated by fraud?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Here's a Miracle: Sympathy for Ruth Madoff
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Isle of Palms
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- Narrated by: Robin Miles
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- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 914
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 908
Dorothea Benton Frank is a treasure of American letters with numerous New York Times best-sellers to her credit and a portfolio full of critical acclaim. “Mixing high drama and high jinks” ( Booklist), her third Lowcountry novel follows the fortunes of the dysfunctional Abbot family. Looking to set her life aright, Anna Lutz Abbot returns to her South Carolina lowcountry hometown. And as she attempts to right past wrongs, Anna receives help and support from a quirky cast of lovable locals sure to endear themselves to listeners.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A feel good story
- By Sheryl on 02-04-13
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Dear Cary
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- Narrated by: Dyan Cannon
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 214
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 182
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Story4 out of 5 stars 180
With unparalleled honesty, Dyan Cannon shares the heartwarming and heartbreaking story of her magical romance and stormy marriage to screen legend Cary Grant.He was the ultimate star, defining Hollywood glamour as well as cinematic achievement. She was a bright new actress, beautiful and funny, who would one day prove her talent by being the first woman to receive Academy Award nominations for her work on-screen and behind the camera. When he asked to meet Dyan, she assumed it was for an acting part, but he had a different role in mind for her....
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2 out of 5 stars
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A Wasted 10 Hours
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By: Dyan Cannon
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The Scoop
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Teresa "Toots" Amelia Loudenberry has crammed a great deal of living - not to mention eight much-loved husbands - into her varied and rewarding life. Newly single, Toots is ready to taste life again, and fate has just handed her the perfect opportunity.
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GREAT FUN
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Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 39
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When Nicole Hardy’s eye-opening "Modern Love" column appeared in the New York Times, the response from readers was overwhelming. Hardy’s essay, which exposed the conflict between being true to herself as a woman and remaining true to her Mormon faith, struck a chord with women coast-to-coast. Now in her funny, intimate, and thoughtful memoir, Nicole Hardy explores how she came, at the age of 35, to a crossroads regarding her faith and her identity.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This Book Spoke to Me
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Herons Landing
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60
Working as a Las Vegas concierge, Brianna Mannion is an expert at making other people’s wishes come true. It’s satisfying work, but a visit home to scenic Honeymoon Harbor turns into a permanent stay when she’s reminded of everything she’s missing: the idyllic small-town charm; the old Victorian house she’d always coveted; and Seth Harper, her best friend’s widower and the neighborhood boy she once crushed on - hard. After years spent serving others, maybe Brianna’s finally ready to chase dreams of her own.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Fair
- By F. Tague on 11-13-23
By: JoAnn Ross
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Summer House
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 180
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After years of wandering from whim to whim, 30-year-old Charlotte Wheelwright seems to have at last found her niche. The free spirit enjoys running an organic gardening business on the island of Nantucket, thanks in large part to her spry grandmother Nona, who donated a portion of her land on the family's seaside compound to get Charlotte started.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Best Nancy Thayer book I've read
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The Ramblers
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Set in the most magical parts of Manhattan - the Upper West Side, Central Park, Greenwich Village - The Ramblers explores the lives of three lost souls bound together by friendship and family. During the course of one fateful Thanksgiving week, a time when emotions run high and being with family can be a mixed blessing, Rowley's sharply defined characters explore the moments when decisions are deliberately made, choices accepted, and pasts reconciled.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lovely Portrait of The City
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When Cleo and Dylan find each other at a Christmas party, will they be able to make the necessary choices in order to find happiness and love for themselves?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful story
- By A. J. Powers on 11-30-19
By: Helen J. Rolfe
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- 07-20-22
Really fun trilogy
Delightful story with lots of humor. Third book of the trilogy. Start at the beginning. Loved them all.
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Great Listen!
I am sorry to see this Trilogy end. I feel like I know these people and could walk into the feast of the 7 fishes and no one would mind. Will Val ever marry Brett??
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- Mary
- 12-11-13
Loved it
Sorry that this is the final book in the Valentine series. Trigiani's story wraps things up (to a point) and left me hoping that someday another book would join the series. I'm going to miss these characters!
Cassandra Campbell's narration is wonderful - glad I decided to listen. Just a heads up: have some tissues nearby.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-24-21
Great wrap up to the Trilogy
Great voices and accents for each character. It brought the whole story to life.
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- Cathy A. Broom
- 07-06-22
Another enjoyable book by Adriana Trigiani
I’m never disappointed with stories from Adriana Triagiani. Her stories about Italian family life are humorous, interesting and filled with all types of love. This trilogy was an enjoyable, easy read.
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- Kathryn Yarbrough
- 09-14-23
Reader ruined it
Listened to the first two books in the series and loved the narrator. This reader whined and her accents insulted and parodied the characters. I could not listen to more than an hour and a half and went to the library to check out and finish the book. The book was much better when I could hear the voice of the original reader in my mind.
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- Kathy in CT
- 01-17-16
A great listen!
As a dedicated reader of every one of Adriana Trigiani's books, this audible was so well done!
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- Kathryn
- 07-14-14
Must read!
Where does The Supreme Macaroni Company rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Right at the top of my list!
What was one of the most memorable moments of The Supreme Macaroni Company?
Difficult to say, many memorable thoughts flashed by me.
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- Linda
- 12-31-18
My heart breaks
What can I say except this book made me cry, but my broken heart is because it’s over. What a gift to have this wonderful work of art to read. I recommend starting at the first book, Very Valentine, then continue onto the second, Brava, Valentine. The richness of all your senses will be engaged on every page as only Trigiani can. Each character is alive and vibrant and true. Right now I’m experiencing a sensory overload and I feel too close to these books to do the review justice. Loved the audio, Cassandra Campbell was just wonderful! 😍
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- GMV
- 07-07-23
Lovable
It’s delicate and emotional. The actor gives an amazing performance. It helped me be a better partner in my personal family life
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