"Fans of the first novel will rejoice. . . . Ave heads to Italy to find strength and healing in her ancestry. . . . Trigiani deftly juxtaposes the culture of the Appalachian mountains with that found in the Italian Alps."
-Southern Living

"Heartwarming . . . Everything that really matters is here: humor, romance, wisdom, and drama."
-The Dallas Morning News

"Trigiani can make you laugh in one sentence then break your heart the next. Her Big Stone Gap series is sure to become the next Mitford."-
The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi)