The Generosity of Strangers: When War Came to Fornelli is written in first person, free verse, and consists of a series of vignettes chronicling the real life experiences of a young girl and her family in war-torn Italy in the 1940s. The story is set in the town of Fornelli--a tiny hilltop community in Italy's mountainous heart. For Lucia and her family, life in Fornelli is anything but boring. Life is difficult, yet tranquil. But soon the war comes, and life in Fornelli is tranquil no more. The Generosity of Strangers: When War Came to Fornelli is a true accounting from the eyes of Lucia,...

Georgia Bristol's life hasn't turned out the way she'd imagined...but it's a good life. Despite that fact, she finds herself yearning for something she can't define. Haunted by the choices of her youth. Regrets. Everyone has them. What if? Everyone wonders at times. Lost in town a few heartbeats shy of deserted, Georgia encounters a mysterious woman who gives her a second chance to regain the life she thought she missed out on. Some say getting lost is the best way to find where you're going. And sometimes everything must be stripped away before you realize that what you have, is what you...