Yesterday on the Today Show, Adriana Trigiani --- who will be guest blogging for us soon --- talked about her new novel, Very Valentine, which is the first in a trilogy. She discussed her trip to Italy to conduct research for the book and who she took with her as a traveling companion.After host Hoda Kotb commented on how the opening lines of Adriana's novels tend to be attention-getting and read the first three sentences of Very Valentine --- "I'm not the pretty sister. I'm not the smart sister either. I am the funny one." --- Adriana discussed why she wanted her story to follow a female character from the ages of 33 through 40. She also revealed which actress has been cast to play the part of Ave Maria Mulligan in the big-screen version of Big Stone Gap.
Click here to watch Adriana on the Today Show. Tune in to see her on Weekend Today this Saturday, February 7th.
