Purchase

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Powell's Books

Books-A-Million

Indie BookShop

Ripped Bodice

Add to Wish List

Also by Adriana Trigiani:

The View From Lake Como, July 2025
Hardcover / e-Book
The Good Left Undone, May 2022
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Reunion Beach, May 2021
Hardcover / e-Book
Tony\'s Wife, November 2018
Hardcover
Kiss Carlo, June 2017
Hardcover
The Supreme Macaroni Company, December 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
The Shoemaker's Wife: A Novel, April 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
Jane Austen Made Me Do It, October 2011
Trade Size / e-Book
Viola In The Spotlight, April 2011
Trade Size (reprint)
Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers, November 2010
Hardcover
Brava, Valentine, February 2010
Hardcover
Viola in Reel Life, September 2009
Hardcover
Very Valentine, February 2009
Hardcover
Home to Big Stone Gap, October 2007
Paperback
Home to Big Stone Gap, November 2006
Hardcover
Rococo, June 2005
Audio CD
Milk Glass Moon, June 2005
Paperback (reprint)
Big Cherry Holler, April 2002
Paperback
Big Stone Gap, April 2001
Paperback

Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers
Adriana Trigiani

The Wisdom Of My Grandmothers

HarperCollins
November 2010
On Sale: November 9, 2010
208 pages
ISBN: 0061958948
EAN: 9780061958946
Hardcover
Add to Wish List

Non-Fiction Inspirational | Non-Fiction Memoir | Non-Fiction

As devoted readers of Adriana Trigiani's New York Times bestselling novels know, this "seemingly effortless storyteller" (Boston Globe) frequently draws inspiration from her own family history, in particular from the lives of her two remarkable grandmothers, who have found their way into all Trigiani's cherished novels. In Don't Sing at the Table, this much-beloved writer has gathered their estimable life lessons, revealing how her grandmothers' simple values have shaped her own life, sharing the experiences, humor, and wisdom of her beloved mentors to delight readers of all ages.

Lucia Spada Bonicelli (Lucy) and Yolanda Perin Trigiani (Viola) lived through the twentieth century from beginning to end as working women who juggled careers and motherhood. From the factory line to the family table, Lucy and Viola, the very definition of modern women, cut a path for their granddaughter by demonstrating moxie and pluck in their fearless approach to life, love, and overcoming obstacles.

Lucy's and Viola's traditions and spiritual fortitude will encourage you to hold on to the values that make life rich and beautiful. Their entrepreneurial spirit will inspire you to take risks and reap the rewards. And their remarkable resilience in the face of tragedy will be a source of strength and comfort.

Trigiani visits the past to seek answers to the essential questions that define the challenges women face today at work and at home. This is a primer, grand-mother to granddaughter, filled with everyday wisdom and life lessons that are truly "tiramisu for the soul" (The Examiner), handed down with care and built to last.

No awards found for this book.

Comments

1 comment posted.

Re: Don't Sing at the Table: Life Lessons from My Grandmothers

This looks like an inspiring novel! So familiar in the way I was raised, give bread when you are sorry - make cannolis to stir up love - Definitely want to share this with my grandmother, her sisters, and my daughter (to see where I get it and that we are not alone)
(Carla Carlson 9:36pm May 12, 2011)