Varina Palladino's Jersey Italian Love Story

<p><strong><em>“Varina Palladino’s Jersey Italian Love Story </em>is fun and funny, wonderfully exuberant, and incredibly wise.<em> </em>These endearing characters—their voices and stories— will be with me for a long time to come. I didn’t want to say good-bye.” –Jill McCorkle, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>Hieroglyphics</em></strong></p><p><strong>An utterly delightful and surprising family drama—think <em>Moonstruck</em> and <em>My Big Fat Greek Wedding</em> set in New Jersey—about a boisterous, complicated Italian family determined to help their widowed mother find a new boyfriend. </strong></p><p>Lively widow Varina Palladino has lived in the same house in Wyldale, New Jersey, her entire life. The town might be slightly stuck in the 1960s, when small businesses thrived and most residents were Italian, but its population is getting younger and the Palladinos are embracing the change. What Varina