Book #1 from the series: The Italian Saga

An Italian Adventure

A Fictional Memoir of Gender, Family, and 1980s Italy

Finalist, 2026 LGBTQ+ International Book Awards (LGBTQ+ Category)

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An adult magazine at eight?! A summer of secrets in 1980s Italy. 

Leda is a devout tomboy whose carefully ordered world is shaken on the eve of her First Confession. When her nemesis, a Sicilian transplant named Nico, shares the startling discovery of an adult magazine, a firestorm of shame triggers questions about an identity Leda doesn’t yet have a name for. 

Yet, when fate forces the two outcasts together, both frenemies find a rare kinship in each other’s darkness,  fighting to uncover their own truths in a cultural landscape of silence and hypocrisy. 

Why you’ll love An Italian Adventure: 

  • Vivid Setting: Experience the contradiction-filled beauty of Northern Italy and Italian culture.
  • Own Voices: A poignant exploration of nonbinary identity and gender based on the life of the author Gaia B Amman, Ph.D.
  • Emotional Resonance: A humorous, moving, and addictive story of unlikely kinships and resilience.


“Nonbinary Anne of Green Gables meets the Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.”

Based on a true story, this is the first volume of The Italian Saga.

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