Rococo

a well written enjoyable book. This book just cries out class and is hard to put down! You will love B and all his family members. Italians sure do have a lot of rules, but their mouthwatering recipes and love of family makes you fall in love with these characters. I think the ending ended a bit abrupt for me, but none the less I loved this book. House of B is what I always wanted to be like and I couldn't help but long to be in his shoes. I thought the little love stories in between were cute but a bit short of a plot that I really would like. However done, this book is a good investment. Enjoy!

I have read all Adriana's other books and loved them. We happened to BE in ITaly when I read this book and it was just too funny. MY friend was reading it first and she was laughing out loud. When I read it I found myself doing the same thing and just loved the characters, the big Italian family and the fact that this precious man is a straight decorator and surrounded by his crazy loved ones. Great beach or by the fire read. And the recipes in there had me salivating and buying the ingrediants to make everything. I also bought her cookbook when I got home and love it too. Enjoy!

I was disappointed in the first few chapters because of all the side talk about decorative items . However, I powered through this and enjoyed the book. It's a good story, after all, and very typical of this author.

Bartolomeo di Crespi, erstwhile bachelor, interior decorator, and benevolent uncle has always wanted to renovate Our Lady Of Fatima, the church he has attended all his life. He finally gets the opportunity and in the process he learns a lot about himself, life, and family expectations. Adriana Trigiani is one of my favorite authors and in this book she creates another madcap, loving, eccentric Italian family who provide the background for the story. Barolomeo's sister Toot is a particularly memorable character, but the reader will also love and laugh along with many of the other characters. This is a rolicking, funny, feel-good read which I heartily recommend!

This story is elaborate in every way! The characters are each elaborate in their own way, the goings-on in their lives are elaborate, the decor created by Bartolomeo di Crespi, the main character, is elaborate. In my opinion it has it all! Flamboyancy runs rampant, from Toot's (Bartolomeo's older sister) clothing to her persona which is, shall we say, unintendedly funny; from Aurelia's wealth to her domineering ways; from Bartolomeo's use of color and style in decorating Our Lady of Fatima, New Jersey's homes to restoring and redecorating it's church. Undoubtedly, you will be educated about furnishings and fabrics, and possibly about food. Ms. Trigiani incorporates different ethnicities, sexual orientations, and behaviors to make this book a conglomeration of very interesting and enjoyable reading. By the time you complete this novel you, too, will be elaborate in your praise of Trigiani's latest, ROCOCO.