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Awards & Accolades Our Verdict GET IT THE ITALIAN SAGA, VOL. 4 by Gaia B Amman ‧ RELEASE DATE: today Evocative and realistic; captures the tangled feelings of young love and lust. Awards & Accolades Our Verdict GET IT In this entry in Amman’s The Italian Saga, a teen’s search for her place in the world is complicated by sexual relationships as she approaches her last year of school. Leda Balni celebrates her 15th birthday with the charismatic but thuggish Nico Salisi; now dating, they’ve come a long way since their combative relationship as children, but they’re still not quite synced. Nico, unlike Leda, has zero interest in books, philosophy, or emotional conversations. Instead, he’s consumed by lust, while Leda is sexually curious but unready—their union’s end is painful and abrupt. Nearly two years later, misfit Leda, who wears a leather fedora and loves Pink Floyd, makes another attempt at romance. College student Big Ange, “the God of Setters” on the volleyball team, is handsome, popular, and unexpectedly interested in her. Problems arise: Ange, worried about tough engineering exams, is emotionally distant, and sex again becomes an issue. At home, Leda continues to feu...