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Today is number nine on the list of the number 10 most downloaded, totally booked episodes

of 2025. Go back to yesterday to hear hear number 10, and now we're up to

number nine, and we'll be doing this for the next two weeks. Enjoy. Adriana Chichiani is back on

the podcast to talk about The View from Lake Como, a novel. Adriana Chigiani is the New York

Times best-selling author of 21 books of fiction and nonfiction.

Her work has been published in 38 languages around the world.

An award-winning playwright, television writer-producer, and filmmaker.

Georgiani wrote and directed the major motion picture of her debut novel, Big Stone Gap,

adapted her novel, Very Valentine for television,

and directed the documentary, Queens of the Big Time, among others.

In 2023, President Sergio Madrella of Italy awarded Trigiani the Cavalieri del ordine de la Stella Ditalia.

The Library of Virginia bestowed their highest honor, the patron of letters degree to Trigiani in 2024. She received the

2025 Ellis Island Medal of Honor for her significant contributions to literature, culture, and

community. Trijiani grew up in Appalachia in the mountains of Virginia, where she co-founded the

Origin Project, a year-round in-school writing program that has served over 25,000 students since its inception in 2014. Triciani is proud to serve on the New York State Council on the Arts. She lives in Greenwich Village with her family. Welcome back, Adriana. So excited to have you on Totally Booked with Sivie to talk about the view from Lake Como. Congrats. Thank you so much.

I am thrilled and honored to be here. You know, I adore you. Oh, I adore you too. Thank you. Okay. At first I thought, oh, great, I'm going to Lake Como. And then I was like, what? Lake Como, New Jersey? What the heck? Okay, so your book starts in New Jersey. You get both. I know. Let it. No, listen, we can't, can't mislead our listeners.

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