Notes From A Broad: My uncensored year in Italy

by Zia Wesley, Sean Murphy (Editor), Valerie Andrews (Editor)

Screw getting older ... why not get better? The best antidote to age may be expanding your appetites. Join Zia Wesley, as she tangoes her way across Europe with style, humor and a set of sharp chefs knives, trading the comfort of her "golden years" in California for adventures in Italy, Greece and Turkey. In the first six months, Zia takes up residence in an ancient castle, learns to speak Italian, sings the blues with foreign bands, tangoes in the arms of a lover/teacher half her age, is accidentally stabbed in an alley outside the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, swims in a radioactive sea in a "blue zone", and luxuriates in an elegant Turkish seaside resort as the guest of direct descendants of the last Ottoman Sultan. With an open heart and a desire to devour the world while inspiring others, Zia's wildly unconventional approach to life encourages her readers to embrace the unknown and learn to live with trust and passion. Indulging her love of cooking with fresh, local ingredients, Zia nourishes her newfound friends and shares her original recipes with you, the reader. You will be inspired to cater your own book club as you explore Zia's adventures and start to plan your own.

227 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 6, 2018

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.