Young Giovanni was an orphan. His skills were few, but as a young man alone in the town of Sorrento, he knew he had to find work. His goal was to become an apprentice, to learn a trade, and then he would be able to become his own man and create a life with his beloved Viola. Orlando D"Ancona, sculptor in marble and bronze and sympathetic to the homeless lad, took Giovanni under his wing into his studio as an apprentice. He undertook to teach sculpture to the deserving orphan. But young Gio soon gained more than the knowledge taught to him by his master: he had the God-given skills held by so very few others. A fateful confrontations with D"Ancona is interrupted by an eruption from Mount Vesuvius, and the interruption lasts the next ten years, taking Gio away from everything he has ever known and holds dear. What will happen to the lost orphan? Will he and Viola ever meet again? And what will come of Gio"s final breathtaking work? David Greenfield has masterfully created a tale of destiny and heroics in Come Back to Sorrento. The characters will haunt your memory and reside within your soul, staying with you long after the last page of this dynamic, awesome story is completed. Come Back to Sorrento is a timeless classic, sure to bring you back time and again.