Not Trigiani's best work, unfortunately. Too many cliches and anachronisms. I liked the heroine, Chi Chi Donatelli, until she became Tony's wife. It was all downhill after that - I just could not understand why such an intelligent, ambitious and talented woman would marry a womanizer that she didn't even love, even though they were good friends. She should have kept it that way and married the nice guy who would have supported her in her musical career.
I found a lot of the references to characters and locations in Trigiani's other books to be somewhat forced as well. Big Stone Gap and Roseto, PA seemed very out of place in this book set on the Jersey shore. And then there was the transistor radio - these radios were not out until the 1950s, but in this book they appeared in the 1930s. How did Trigiani get that so wrong, and where was her editor?
What a shame... Tony's Wife was just not up to Trigiani's best books, including Lucia, Lucia, Very Valentine and of course, Big Stone Gap. Hopefully, her next book will be a winner.
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