Fragments of Grace

Just when Giuseppe was beginning to share fragments of his past, his life was cut short — leaving Gabriel with half-stories and no one left to answer the question he couldn't unhear: Why Papa? Why do we have to leave?Unmoored by grief, Gabriel Salviati travels to Venice — the city his grandfather left as a boy and never returned to — hoping to find the answers Giuseppe never gave him. Instead, Venice reveals a history his family never spoke about. An accusation. A betrayal. A family forced to flee after the war.As Gabriel follows fragile threads of memory through quiet neighborhoods and hidden workshops, he discovers that understanding the past is only part of the journey — the harder work is learning to live with grace in the present.Fragments of Grace is a novel about family, faith, and the way healing begins by listening to the stories we were never meant to hear.