Meet Adriana Trigiani TONIGHT!
Weekly News from Friends & Fiction—July 16, 2025
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Join us Wednesday, July 16th at 7pm Eastern on the F&F Facebook page and YouTube channel as Mary Kay Andrews & Ron Block welcome beloved New York Times bestselling author Adriana Trigiani to discuss The View from Lake Como, her new novel about one woman’s quest to build her own life before it’s too late.
In addition to writing 21 books published in 38 languages around the world, Adriana is also an award-winning playwright, television writer/producer, and filmmaker. She wrote and directed the major motion picture of her debut novel, Big Stone Gap, adapted her novel, Very Valentine, for TV, and directed the documentary, Queens of the Big Time. For her significant contributions to literature, culture, and community, Adriana has been awarded Italy’s Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia, the Library of Virginia’s Patron of Letters degree, and Ellis Island’s Medal of Honor. Trigiani grew up in Appalachia where she co-founded The Origin Project, and she’s also a proud member of the New York State Council on the Arts. She joins us from her home in Greenwich Village to discuss The View from Lake Como, which has been named to most-anticipated lists by People, Elle, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly and which Booklist calls “an immersive, big-hearted ode to family, history, and the importance of independence.”
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Latest News from the Fab Four!
MARY KAY ANDREWS loved celebrating two of her grandchildren’s birthdays last week–skillet chocolate cookie cake for Griffin, Publix cheesecake with fresh berries for Molly. She’s reliving her research trip to Ireland last fall while working away on next summer’s book. In the meantime, she’s basking in porch reads that take her to Italy–from this week’s F&F guest Adriana Trigiani’s The View from Lake Como, and next week’s live guest, Lisa Scottoline’s The Unraveling of Julia. MKA will be live and in conversation at Eagle Eye Books in Decatur tonight with author Sarah MacLean for her brand-new These Summer Storms. Buy tickets here.
KRISTIN HARMEL loved The View from Lake Como and is excited that Adriana Trigiani is tonight’s show guest. She’s also looking very much forward to the LIVE show next week, featuring dear friend Lisa Scottoline, whose The Unraveling of Julia she is currently devouring. (We’ll be talking all about it next week!) Kristin has a busy few weeks of travel–some work, some family fun–kicking off this Saturday with a birthday celebration for her dad in Tampa Bay, followed by a part-work/part-vacation trip to New York (with a beach day in Palm Beach wedged in beforehand), then a business trip to LA, then a family reunion trip to St. Louis. Phew! She’s exhausted (but also excited!) just thinking about it! Finally… THE HAPPIEST OF HAPPY BIRTHDAYS TO OUR KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY!
KRISTY WOODSON HARVEY is busy prepping for turning 40 this week and is excited to celebrate with her parents and closest friends. Kristy will forever be celebrating her 40th birthday at this time every year! She was so excited to see Beach House Rules in her first ever People Magazine print feature! They had the perfect description and Kristy shared it over on Instagram if you want to check it out! There is still plenty of time for summer reading and if you are looking for a book for the beach or pool, check out Beach House Rules!
PATTI CALLAHAN HENRY is so excited for KRISTY’S BIRTHDAY WEEK as she enters another decade. Patti had so much fun in NYC for Good Morning America, talking about THE STORY SHE LEFT BEHIND and her other beach read suggestions, and she is still a little buzzy from the whole thing. Her family (daughter, son-in-law, two grands, and two sons) have been in town for a couple weeks and now her house is empty, trashed, and lonely. But that means she is back to work on her newest!
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In Case You Missed It
On last week’s episode of The Friends & Fiction Show, Kristin Harmel & Patti Callahan Henry welcomed NYT-bestselling author Meg Waite Clayton to discuss her new dual-timeline historical novel, Typewriter Beach, the unforgettable story of the unlikely friendship between an Oscar-nominated screenwriter and a young actress hoping to be Alfred Hitchcock's new star.
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Coming Up on The Friends & Fiction Show
All shows can be watched on Facebook & YouTube each Wednesday evening at 7pm ET, and listened to on our podcast each Friday, all year long.
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Adriana Trigiani, The View from Lake Como
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LIVE! July Pick of the Month: Lisa Scottoline, The Unraveling of Julia
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Susan Wiggs, Wayward Girls
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Victoria Benton Frank, The Violet Hour
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Christina Baker Kline & Anne Burt, Please Don't Lie
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