'Trigiani is a wonderful storyteller... Readers will enjoy Big Cherry Holler immensely' USA TODAY

How do you move forward if you've already lost your way?

It's been eight years since town pharmacist and self-proclaimed spinster Ave Maria Mulligan married Jack McChesney. Now they have a beautiful daughter, but for some reason Jack has never seemed so distant.

In the old stone house nestled in the mountains, there's an empty room where their son once slept, and a sadness that neither Ave nor Jack can discuss. But in Big Stone Gap itself, change is in the air, and not everyone feels it's for the good.

As Ave makes big decisions about the future of her family, will she and her husband be able to find their way back to each other before it's too late?

The extraordinary sequel to Big Stone Gap from the bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick.

Praise for the BIG STONE GAP series:

'Hilarious and romantic. I couldn't put it down' SARAH JESSICA PARKER
'One of my all-time favourite novels' WHOOPI GOLDBERG
'If you love curling up with charming tales of small towns and quirky characters, switch off with this' COSMOPOLITAN
'Delightfully quirky' PEOPLE
'As comforting as a mug of chamomile tea on a rainy Sunday' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
'Utterly addictive' GLAMOUR
'As quirky and charming as her first novel. If you are not a fan already, you will be after this' COMPANY
'Honest, wholesome entertainment with a spicy Deep South kick' DAILY MAIL
'As warm and sweet as Southern Comfort' ELLE

Adriana Trigiani grew up in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and now lives in New York City with her husband and daughter. In addition to being the author of Big Stone Gap, Big Cherry Holler, Milk Glass Moon and Lucia, Lucia, Adriana is an award-winning playwright, television writer, and documentary filmmaker. Lucia, Lucia was nominated for Richard and Judy's 'Best Read', 2004. She has written the screen adaptation of her novel Big Stone Gap, which she will also direct.

The extraordinary sequel to Big Stone Gap from the bestselling author of The Shoemaker's Wife, a Richard and Judy Book Club pick

It's been eight years since town pharmacist and longtime spinster Ave Maria Mulligan married coal miner Jack MacChesney. With her newfound belief in love and its possibilities, Ave Maria has made a life for herself and her growing family, hoping that her fearless leap into commitment will make happiness stay. What she hasn't counted on is that fate and the ghosts of the past will come to haunt her and, eventually, test the love she has for her husband. The mountain walls that have always protected her cannot spare Ave Maria the life lessons she must learn.

BIG CHERRY HOLLER is the story of a marriage, revealing the deep secrets, the power struggle, the betrayal and the unmet expectations that exist between a man and wife. But it is also the story of a community that must reinvent itself as it comes to grips with the decline of the coal-mining industry, and of an extended family, the people of Big Stone Gap, who are there for one another, especially when times are tough.Brimming with humour, wisdom, honesty, and the drama and local colour of mountain life from Virginia to Italy, BIG CHERRY HOLLER is a deeply felt, brilliantly evoked story of two lovers who have lost their way, and their struggle to find each other again.

Praise for Adriana Trigiani:

'Her narrative canters along at a lively pace' THE STATE COLUMBIA

'Big Cherry Holler is every bit as engaging as its predecessor' VA STYLE WEEKLY

'A master storyteller… This is a multi-faceted tale of two people who have temporarily forgotten why they came to love each other… [An] intricately woven story'

'Few sequels deliver as this one does, and readers will likely respond accordingly' PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

'These novels transcend the limitations of popular fiction by virtue of lean prose, largely free of cliches' www.sun-sentinel.com (Comment for both Big Stone Gap and Big Cherry Holler)