02331cam a2200337 4500 599082524 TxAuBib 20210824120000.0 200605s2020||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 9781432872823 large print; hardcover 1432872826 large print; hardcover (OCoLC)1193157227 TxAuBib Spielman, Lori Nelson, author. The star-crossed sisters of Tuscany [large print] / Lori Nelson Spielman. Large print edition. Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020. 577 pages (large print) ; 22 cm. Includes reader's guide. Presented in memory of Newt Richardson. "When the fiercely independent and mysterious Paulina "Poppy" Fontana invites her great-nieces and fellow second-born daughters, Emilia and Lucy, to visit her birthplace of Italy, she makes a wild declaration. On her eightieth birthday, Poppy claims she'll meet the love of her life on the steps of the Ravello Cathedral and put an end to the Fontana Family Second-Daughter Curse once and for all. The Fontana Second-Daughter Curse is probably nothing but a coincidence, a self-fulfilling prophecy, an old-world myth. Even so, nobody can deny that for centuries, not a single second-born daughter in the Fontana family has married. But twenty-nine year-old Emilia actually appreciates the curse--some may even say she hides behind it. What might happen if the supposed curse is actually broken, and she's expected to find love? Reluctantly, the trio of second-born daughters embark on a journey to fulfill Poppy's last wish. Against a backdrop of lush Italian countryside and rich landmarks, Poppy shares family secrets and tales of forbidden love that threaten to upend every belief her young nieces have held to be true"-- Provided by publisher. 20210824. Sisters Fiction. Families Fiction. Magic Fiction. Love Fiction. Birth order Fiction. Blessing and cursing Fiction. Family secrets Fiction. Italy Fiction.