Buxton Books is excited to welcome Adriana Trigiani to Charleston to celebrate the release of her new book, The View from Lake Como. Adriana will be joined in conversation by Charleston-based author of My Magnolia Summer, Victoria Benton Frank. For tickets and more information, please click here.
Please join us on Monday, August 4 in welcoming New York Times bestselling author, Adriana Trigiani to Charleston! Adriana will be joined on stage at the Circular Church by Victoria Benton Frank, fellow author and daugther of Adriana's close friend, the late Dorthea Benton Frank. Together, we'll be celebrating the release of Adriana's new novel, The View from Lake Como!
Adriana and Victoria will be talking about the writing of this new title, creative process, and the life of an author. After the conversation, we'll open up the floor for an audience Q&A. Then, hang around to say hi and take a photo with Adriana and Victoria. Knowing these two, lots of laughs will be had every step of the way!
Each ticket to the event includes a signed hardcover copy of The View from Lake Como. We hope to see you there for a night of fun and celebration!
For tickets and more information, please click here.
Please note: Tickets to this event are non-refundable. If you are no longer able to make the event, we are happy to hold your signed copy of the book for pick up at the store or shipping (at an additional cost). Please email rsvp@buxtonbooks.com with any questions or concerns.
About The View from Lake Como:
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Left Undone, "a big-hearted writer who tells big stories" (Jeanette Walls) comes a story of love, second chances, and making your own fate.
Lake Como, New Jersey: Jess Capodimonte Baratta is not living the life she dreamed of. Divorced and residing in her parents' basement in New Jersey, the most joy she finds in life is helping her Uncle Louie with his marble business. But when things take a turn in Louie's life, and family secrets come to light, Jess learns that her family made choices over the years—choices that stifled her dreams. Furious, and determined to start living, Jess heads off on an adventure—to her family's ancestral home.
In Italy, Jess begins to stand on her own two feet for the first time in her life. And that's before dreamy Angelo enters the picture. But just as Jess is finding happiness, she learns there is even more to her family story; hidden corners of Uncle Louie's past that will either send Jess back to New Jersey, or help her finally get to live life on her own terms.
The View From Lake Como is a hilarious, big-hearted story of a big-hearted Italian American family and the overlooked daughter who, with a one-way ticket to Italy, learns to write her own story.
About Adriana Trigiani:
Adriani Trigiani is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Good Left Undone, The Shoemaker's Wife and Lucia, Lucia. Her work has been published in thirty eight languages around the world. An award-winning playwright, television writer/producer, and filmmaker, Trigiani wrote and directed the major motion picture of her debut novel, Big Stone Gap, adapted her novel, Very Valentine, for television, and directed the award-winning documentary, Queens of the Big Time, among others.
Adriana grew up in the mountains of southwest Virginia, where she co-founded The Origin Project, a year-round, in-school writing program that has served over 25,000 students since its inception in 2014. In 2023, Adriana Trigiani was named Cavaliere dell'Ordine della Stella d'Italia by President Sergio Mattarella of Italy. In 2024, The Library of Virginia awarded her the Patron of Letters degree, their highest honor.
A sought-after speaker, Trigiani is as engaging on the stage as she is on the page. She regularly speaks to book clubs, classrooms, libraries, literary festivals, and conducts writing workshops with women's groups across the country. She has made regular appearances on NBC's Today show and Good Day New York with Rosanna Scotto, and has been profiled by publications around the world, including The New York Times, Virginia Living, Publisher's Weekly, and Writer's Digest. Trigiani is honored to serve on the New York State Council on the Arts. She lives in Greenwich Village with her family.
Listen to Adriana and the luminaries of our times discuss the books that built their souls on the You Are What You Read podcast, available everywhere.
Visit her website at www.adrianatrigiani.com
About Victoria Benton Frank:
Victoria Benton Frank was born in New York City, raised in Montclair, New Jersey, but considers herself to have dual residency in the Lowcountry. She is a graduate of the College of Charleston and the French Culinary Institute. Victoria worked in restaurants in New York before returning to Charleston, South Carolina, which she considers home, with her husband, two kids, and sweet pup. When she isn’t writing, she is reading, cooking, playing Mahjong or chasing her children. The 2024 paperback of My Magnolia Summer is now available bookstores. Victoria’s upcoming novel of the series, The Violet Hour, will be released in July of 2025.