Leda is kind of lost...
College, parents, religion, romance: what truly matters? Engineer-in-the-making Leda Balni wants to find what it takes to master the art of happiness, no matter how many mistakes it will take.
Can she trust her feelings? Or are they clouding her judgment?
Leda searches for her own truths in an unparalleled mix of science and emotions set in the heart of Milan, Italy during the memorable end of the 1990s.
Happiness unscrambled with all the humor and honesty of a true story.
You will love this emotional roller coaster for the touching depth of its characters, the pervasive Italian culture, and the empowering life advice.
Go to Italy; read it now.
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"I love that this series addresses taboo but real topics: heartache, finding your purpose, deciding your major, evolving friendships, loss, on and on. I keep coming back for more." E. Sanchez
"Amazing story!" L. Furuta
"There are so many ways I could relate to Leda, through her uncertainties, her willingness to find happiness, her drive to succeed in college, her unsure love life. It was such a beautiful story to read!" K. Interdonato
About the Author: Gaia B. Amman was born and raised in Italy. She moved to the United States in her twenties to pursue her PhD in molecular biology. She's currently a professor of biology at D'Youville College in Buffalo, New York, where she was voted "the professor of the month" by her students. Her research and commentaries have been published in prestigious, international, peer-reviewed journals, including Nature. A bookworm from birth, she wrote throughout her childhood and won two short story competitions in Italy in her teens. Gaia is an avid traveler, and many of her adventures are an inspiration for her fiction. Mostly she is passionate about people and the struggles they face to embrace life. Her highest hope is to reach and help as many as she can through her writing and her teaching. She authored the Indie Author Guide, the LGBTQ sci-fi fantasy Linked-Will Empathy Save the United Terrestrial Democracy?, The Italian Saga, a series of four novels that follows Leda's adventures from childhood through the end of high school, and the Sonder Series, of which you just read volume one. The books, light-hearted and funny at first sight, deal with issues like sexuality, divorce, friendship, abuse, first love, and self discovery.
Among Amman's favorite authors are J.K. Rowling, Jandy Nelson, Neil Gaiman, Chuck Palahniuk, Kurt Vonnegut, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Antoine de Saint Exupèry.
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