The Good Left Undone is a historical family novel by Adriana Trigiani, following three generations of Cabrelli women through love, exile, war and the unfinished truths that shape a family’s sense of home. At the center is Domenica Cabrelli, whose life begins in the Italian seaside town of Viareggio and is later marked by two great loves: a childhood bond rooted in shared place and history, and a wartime romance on the French coast with a mysterious sea captain. Decades later, her daughter Matelda begins to uncover what her mother kept hidden, and the story moves between Italy, France and family memory as private choices become inseparable from the upheavals of the twentieth century. This is a literary historical romance for readers drawn to multigenerational family sagas, women’s lives, secrets passed across time and the question of what is left unresolved when love and survival demand different kinds of loyalty.
Author: Adriana Trigiani
Publisher: Penguin
Year of publication: 2023
Number of pages: 496
Original language: English
