Broken Cobbles — David Xavier

A picturesque seaside town on the Italian Riviera in the early 1960's is the setting for life-changing tragedy as seen through the eyes of one American with his friends alongside him, including the woman he loves and seeks to be like, his lifelong Ivy League friend with his attractive, diligent girlfriend, the sister with no direction and her anxious West Point husband.

Broken Cobbles gives a poignant look at entitlement and disillusionment, endangered impressions of reality, lost status, flawed characters, forgiveness, love, friendship and tested loyalty in a city of unexpected rebirth.