Notes from a Broad: My Uncensored Year in Italy

by Zia Wesley

Life is a banquet and most people are starving to death. - Patrick Dennis, Auntie Mame

Join Zia Wesley as she cooks and tangos her way across Europe with humor, style, and some very sharp chef's knives.

Together you'll experience daily life in an ancient castle, ski the Alps without snow, learn Argentine Tango in the arms of a lover/teacher of lesser age, live on a remote Greek island in a "blue zone", dance (literally) from dusk 'til dawn to live music in village squares with hundreds of Greeks, sing blues in nightclubs in Italy, Greece, and Luxembourg, cruise two seas on a Turkish goulette, swim in radioactive water in the Ionian Sea, be stabbed in an alley outside the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, and stay in an elegant Turkish seaside resort as the guest of direct descendants of the last Ottoman Sultan; and that's just the first six months.

Indulging her passion for cooking, Zia nourishes her newfound friends, and shares her original recipes with you, the reader. With an open heart and a desire to devour the world while inspiring others, Zia takes a wildly unconventional approach to life transitions, and encourages her readers to join her in conquering fear and learning to live with trust and passion.

Don't get old, get better! - Zia Wesley, Author

Publisher's Note: This is a very candid telling of the author's journey in choosing to face fear and the golden years with zest and zeal. It includes travel experience as well as food and sexual encounters. It will be enjoyed by mature, food and fun-loving adults of any age.

Fans of Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love), Frances Mayes, Bill Bryson, Alice Waters as well as Andrea Jarrell will enjoy this candid and humorous travel/life adventure.

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About the author

I was born dancing until the age of 16 when I started singing. It didn't take long to find my way into the musical HAIR where I could dance and sing at the same time! Writing was something I did almost every day in a journal, or as a poem, a song, a script or a story.I wrote my first book when I was 35, Being Beautiful, based on my discoveries in the field of healing and anti-aging. Five other non fiction books in the genre of beauty/health/well being followed...some of them best-sellers. It was a natural next step for me to found the first natural skin care company in the US, Zia Cosmetics, Inc.It is now defunct after being purchased by the Hain Celestial Group in 2005.

I always loved reading the stories of unknown women who managed to make a difference in our world and one such story captivated my interest enough to write it myself. At the age of 69 I entered the world of historical fiction and the next phase of my professional life.


I published the second book in my historical series The Veil and the Crown, The French Sultana, in September of 2015 and one year later, both books began selling at an incredible rate on amazon. The next step is selling the rights to film and seeing it made into a television series

My latest book, Notes From A Broad: my uncensored year in Italy, just published and I am currently working on the autobiography of The Honorable Michael Butler.