Many Book Club members have expressed an interest in reading I Love You Like a Tomato. The official Reading Group Guide can be very helpful to such groups. The guide has information about the author, Marie Giordano, and the book as well as many fascinating questions suitable for group discussion. If you would like to receive a copy of the Reading Group Guide for your own Book Club, please e-mail Marie. Be sure to type "GUIDE" in the subject line and include your full name and postal mailing address (street, city, zip).

This website has many interesting pages filled with information about Marie Giordano and her newest book, I Love You Like a Tomato. Click on Meet Marie to learn the biography of this talented writer. At More About ChiChi's World you can learn about how Marie came to write the book and view photographs of the actual places that inspired I Love You Like a Tomato and the rest of the trilogy. Marie is a terrific speaker and she has many Appearances scheduled. Check her schedule to see when she's coming to your area.

Have you read I Love You Like a Tomato and toured this site, but you still have a question you wish you could ask the author? What did you think about ChiChi and her story? How did reading I Love You Like a Tomato affect you? You can email Marie; she would love to hear from YOU. Many readers have already contacted her with questions, their thoughts about the characters and with interesting stories about what their own lives have in common with ChiChi's. You can read the Readers' Response page to see how Marie responded to them and perhaps you'll find your own message to Marie.

When you finished I Love You Like a Tomato, did you hate to say goodbye to ChiChi? Do you wonder what becomes of Mamma and Marco? Don't despair! I Love You Like a Tomato is only the first in a trilogy of books about ChiChi and Marie is currently at work finishing the second. Want to know what the title is? Eager to know when and where you can get it? Check back here for the latest news!