Author Trigiani wows crowd at Lake Club

POLAND

Playright, novelist and movie director Adriana Trigiani went to Big Stone Gap, Va., her hometown, to make her new movie, “Big Stone Gap.”

And Wednesday, she came to Youngstown to kick off the publicity tour for her new book, “All The Stars In The Heavens.”

During an interview before speaking to several hundred fans at The Lake Club here, Trigiani, sometimes thoughtful, sometimes laughing, sometimes irreverent, touched on her outlook on life, her craft and Youngstown.

“I worry about Youngstown. All these people are my honorary family,” said Trigiani, a Greenwich Village, NYC, resident.

“Even though it has been hit by hard times, Youngstown struggles through it. I see it as a model. It gives you a sense of connectiveness to come where people like and support you,” she said.

Trigiani knows something about struggle and persistence. It took her 15 years to get “Big Stone Gap” made in its namesake town.

Read more of this popular author's remarks in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.