Arriv­ing in the tiny Ital­ian vil­lage of Cac­cip­u­lia, Cal­lie grips a fad­ed restau­rant menu. Hav­ing found it hid­den in her fam­i­ly home back in Con­necti­cut, she is cer­tain it will lead her to the truth about her grandmother’s life dur­ing World War Two. Why did her Non­na run away from this beau­ti­ful town? 

Local café own­er Oliv­er lights up when he sees the menu. He explains that dur­ing the war, one brave fam­i­ly secret­ly fed Jew­ish fam­i­lies in safe hous­es through­out the vil­lage. Callie’s heart soars at the thought that her grand­moth­er could have been involved. But then she push­es aside magen­ta flow­ers on a mon­u­ment at the heart of the vil­lage and uncov­ers a secret that changes every­thing. 

A grave mis­take was made one night as the Nazis stalked the vil­lage, putting the whole town in ter­ri­ble dan­ger. When Cal­lie finds out what her grand­moth­er did, will she stay and right the wrongs from long ago? Or will she be forced to leave Italy too?

The For­got­ten Ital­ian Restau­rant is a sweep­ing, multi­gen­er­a­tional sto­ry that delves into the lives of two women bound by a desire to under­stand the past and deter­mine where for­give­ness can be found.