About the Book
Paint Everything Blue is the story of how one young man’s unquenchable smile, large heart, and the great cross behind them manage to reach into the lives of six other souls and leave an indelible mark on them. To these six people, smiling is a long-forgotten art, crushed by the brokenness in their own hearts from crosses they never wanted.
Set in Foggia, Italy, in June of 1960, the novel covers just a month of these seven intertwined lives. Yet when a man has exchanged hearts with the Mother of God, just a month can be enough time for him to paint the world around him blue.
“The waiter seemed to hesitate, and then, as if on a sudden impulse, pulled out the chair beside Gianna and slowly sat. She felt him lay a folded handkerchief in her palm, and she bent her head to press it to her eyes as she shook with a suppressed sob. . .
He stayed with her, the busy café whirling around them, until she could look up, the damp handkerchief clenched in both hands against the table.
‘I’m sorry,’ she murmured, the thickness of her throat painful. He shook his head and, in a simple motion, reached to touch one of her thin hands. The childlikeness of the action freed words locked deep in Gianna’s breast and her fingers held onto his hand.
‘What do you do,’ she asked, voice low and jerking, ‘when everyone you love leaves you?’ The last words crumpled, and fresh tears sprang against the sore rims of her eyes.
From the pale skin of his face, the waiter’s clear eyes held her gaze firmly, but it was a long moment before he answered. ‘You go to God Who cannot leave you, and keep loving.’
To Purchase. . .
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