AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"[An] immersive saga. . . . A celebration of family and a paean to the
power of storytelling."**--**People, "Book of the Week"
"Trigiani conveys the beauty of Italy, the hardships of war, the taste
of family recipes, and the enduring love of family."--Library
Journal (starred)
"The beauty of any book by Adriana Trigiani is her ability to interweave
life and fiction. . . . Don't miss your chance to take this
unforgettable journey with the Cabrelli women!" --Lisa Wingate,
Book of the Month
From "a master of visual and palpable detail" (The Washington Post),
comes a lush, immersive novel about three generations of Tuscan artisans
with one remarkable secret. Epic in scope and resplendent with the
glorious themes of identity and belonging, The Good Left Undone
unfolds in breathtaking turns.
Matelda, the Cabrelli family's matriarch, has always been brusque and
opinionated. Now, as she faces the end of her life, she is determined to
share a long-held secret with her family about her own mother's great
love story: with her childhood friend, Silvio, and with dashing Scottish
sea captain John Lawrie McVicars, the father Matelda never knew. . . .
In the halcyon past, Domenica Cabrelli thrives in the coastal town of
Viareggio until her beloved home becomes unsafe when Italy teeters on
the brink of World War II. Her journey takes her from the rocky shores
of Marseille to the mystical beauty of Scotland to the dangers of
wartime Liverpool--where Italian Scots are imprisoned without cause--as
Domenica experiences love, loss, and grief while she longs for home. A
hundred years later, her daughter, Matelda, and her granddaughter,
Anina, face the same big questions about life and their family's legacy,
while Matelda contemplates what is worth fighting for. But Matelda is
running out of time, and the two timelines intersect and weave together
in unexpected and heartbreaking ways that lead the family to shocking
revelations and, ultimately, redemption.
