num_pages: 272
description: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Now a major motion picture written and directed by Adriana Trigiani, starring Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg, John Benjamin Hickey, Jane Krakowski, Anthony LaPaglia, and Jenna Elfman  Millions of readers around the world have fallen in love with the small town of Big Stone Gap, nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and the story of its self-proclaimed spinster, Ave Maria Mulligan. In the series' enchanting debut, Ave Maria reaches her thirty-fifth year and resigns herself to the single life, filling her days with hard work, fun friends, and good books. Then, one fateful day, Ave Maria's past opens wide with the revelation of a long-buried secret that will alter the course of her life. Before she knows it, Ave Maria is fielding marriage proposals, trying to claim her rightful inheritance, and planning the trip of a lifetime to Italy--one that will change her view of the world and her own place in it forever. Full of wit and wonder, hilarity and heart, Big Stone Gap is a gem of a book, and one that you will share with friends and family for years to come.Praise for Big Stone Gap"Charming . . . Readers would do well to fall into the nearest easy chair and savor the story."--USA Today"Delightfully quirky . . . chock-full of engaging, oddball characters and unexpected plot twists."--People"[A] heartfelt tale . . . In an anecdotal style reminiscent of Fannie Flagg, Adriana Trigiani engagingly captures a slice of small-town America."
  --San Jose Mercury News

language: English
title: Big Stone Gap
titlecomplete: Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, #1)
characters: Gala Nuccio, Fleeta Mullins, Meoli Vilminore, Iva Lou Wade, Aunt Alice, Mario Barbari, Elizabeth Taylor, Spec, Theodore Tipton, Pearl Grimes, Worley, John Warner, Betty Slagle, Jack "Jack Mac" MacChesney, Aunt Cecelia, Nan MacChesney, Inez Eisenberg, Lyle Makin, Nellie Goodloe, Uncle Wayne, Zia Antonietta, Ave Maria Mulligan, Tayloe Slagle, Elmo Gaspar, Lew Eisenberg, Otto
genres: Fiction, Book Club, Romance, Adult, Chick Lit, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Southern, Audiobook
ratings_count: 45872
places: Virginia, Big Stone Gap, Virginia
series: Big Stone Gap
publisher: Ballantine Books